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HUMAN INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN THE NEAR EAST 



Entamceba nana, cyst, resemblance to small 



strains of E. histolytica .. 

 characters of . . . . 

 resemblance to Tetramitus 



size 



culture, failure of .. 

 free forms, characters of 



.49,90 



.91, 92 



. 79, 91 



92 



.91,93 

 . 91 



regarded formerly asAmceba 

 Umax .. ..27,28,91,93 



frequency, general remarks on 



in Egypt 



highest in British prisoners 



nomenclature 



nucleus characteristics . . 



percentage, healthy troops 



27 

 90 

 23 



93,94 

 92 



19,26 

 26 



hospital cases 



hospital cases according to char- 

 acter of stool 22 



British prisoners . . . . 23, 24, 26 



Native prisoners . . . . . .24, 26 



Native cooks .. .. ..25,26 



West Indians . . . . . . 26 



resemblance to E. butschlii (Prowazek) 93 



Entamcebse (un diagnosed forms) 

 percentage, healthy troops . . 



convalescents in Egypt . . 



hospital cases 



19 



26 

 26 



hospital cases, according to character 



of stool 21 



British prisoners 23,24,26 



Native prisoners 24-26 



Native cooks .. .. .. ..25.26 



West Indians 26 



rules for diagnosis of . . . . . . . . 46 



simulated by exudate cells . . . . . . 61 



spores of Bacillus megatherium ingested by 



24, 68, 85 

 Eosin test for vitality of cysts . . . . . . 152 



Error of single examinations . . . . . . 11-13 



less if actual disease is caused . . . . 12 



Escomel, views on ingestion of red cells by 



Entamcebse 114 



Examinations, classes of men . . . . . . 10, 18 



Experimental work with animals . . 135-137 



F 



Pannia, carriage of cysts by 152 



Flagellates, infections, general remarks on . . 33 



healthy carriers not detained . . . . 35 



invaliding for, question of . . . . . . 34 



influence on emetin treatment for E. his- 

 tolytica . . . . . . . . . . 116 



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Flagellates, recognizable as stools become liquid 23 



two new forms described . . . . . . 86-90 



undue importance ascribed to . . . . 34 



Flies, attempted infection of cats by agency of. . 135 



Calliphora, carriage of cysts by . . 138, 139 



carriers of protozoal and other infections 



137-145 

 cysts, taken up from faeces by . . 137, 139 



survival in fly 138, 139 



escape from fly . . . . . . 139-140 



carriage of, in relation to human in- 



fections 

 adherence to legs of 



droppings, number deposited by flies 



faeces, quantity taken up by flies . . 



Fannia, passage of cysts through . . 

 helminthic infections of 



143-144 

 .. 151 

 .. 143 

 .. 143 

 .. 152 

 142, 152 



importance of, in spread of amoebic dysen- 

 tery 143, 145 



importance of, in spread of protozoal and 



bacillary infections . . . . . . . . 144 



methods of experimentation with . . 140, 141 



Lucilia, passage of cysts through . . 139, 141 

 Musca, passage of cysts through .. .. 152 



regurgitation does not expel cysts . . 149, 150 



Sarcophaga, experimentation with . . . . 142 



traps for capture of . . . . . . . . 144 



Trichomonas, passage through fly . . . . 139 



volume of, in relation to number . . . . 144 



wild flies naturally infected . . 140-143 

 Formalin action on cysts . . . . . . . . 154^ 



G 



Gabarri prison, infections in British prisoners .'.23, 24 

 Gallipoli, influence of stay at, on Egyptian 



infections . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20 



Gauducheau, views on identity of E. coli and * 



E. histolytica 70, 71 



H 



Hadra prison, native infections . . . . . . 24, 25 



Healthy troops, examination of 1,979 men . . 13-19 



camps selected for examination . . 13 



influence of previous dysentery on 



infections . . . . . . . . 18 



influence of previous stay in Gallipoli 



on infections . . . . . . . . 18 



E. histolytica most frequent amongst 



cooks . . . . . . . . . . 19 



E. coli commonest infection . . . . 19 



Heart, effect of emetin on 120 



