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Methyl emetin in E. histolytica infections . . 107 

 Mouse, failure of E. histolytica cysts to infect . . 137 



failure to infect with Tetramitus . . . . 136 



failure to infect with Cocci dium . . 136, 137 



Musca, carriage of cysts by . . . . . . 145 



N 



Natives, helminthic infections amongst. . .. 24 

 infections amongst healthy cooks . . . . 25 



infections in Hadra prison .. .. 24, 25, 144 

 infections high in healthy man . . . . 24 



infections in faecal deposits . . . . . . 25 



as reservoirs of infections 24, 25 



uniform character of stool in prison . . 25 

 Nematode, carriage of eggs by flies . . 142, 143 

 Nicol, work on carriage of helminthic eggs by flies 152 



O 



Octomitus, human . . 

 Oocysts of Coccidium 



76 



82 



Pathogenicity, Blastocystis .. .. ..84,85 



Coccidium . . . . . . . . . . 82 



Entamceba coli. . .. .. .. .. 72 



general 34,72 



Lamblia . . . . . . . . . . 76 



Tricercomonas . . . . . . . . . . 89 



Trichomonas . . . . . . . . . . 81 



Waskia 



86 



60-64 

 60-64 

 56 

 58 

 67 



Pathology, cells in dysenteric stool 



cells simulating Entamoebse 



large intestine in carriers of E. histolytica 



relation of amcebge to ulcers. . 



ulceration in carrier and acute cases 



ulceration at post-mortem without symp- 

 toms during life . . . . . . . . 56 



Pentatrichomonas . . . . . . . . . . * 80 



Prisoners (British), examination of 168 men . . 26 



bacteriological findings amongst . . 23 



E. nana most frequent amongst . . 23 



resemblance to hospital cases . . . . 24 



(Native) (see Natives). 



Prognosis in amoebic dysentery . . . . . . Ill 



Prowazek and Werner, cysts of Tetramitus . . 78 



E 



Rats, failure of E. histolytica cysts to infect . . 136 



failure of Tetramitus to infect . . . . 136 

 Red blood corpuscles, in Entamcebse in 6'1 per 



cent, dysentery cases . . . . 21 

 in E. istolytica diagnostic . . 46 



Red blood corpuscles, ingested by Entamcebae 



only in tissues . . 

 ingested by Entamcebse during 



emetin treatment 



not ingested by E. coli .. 



not ingested by minuta forms of 



E. histolytica 

 present in Entamcebae in normal 



stool 

 Relapse, internal, after treatment 



S 

 Salines, influence on treatment . . . . . . 118 



influence on E, coli infections . . . . 128 



administration as aid to diagnosis . . . . 34 



Sarcophaga, experiments with . . . . . . 143 



Shircore, helminthic infection of flies at 

 Mombassa . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 



Single examination, error of . . . . . . 11 



test on 96 men 12-17 



- yield only one-third of E. histolytica 



infections . . . . . . . . 12 



Sodium sulphate, action on cysts ... . . 154 



Stools, blood and mucus usually indicate bacil- 

 lary dysentery 



character of, as aid to diagnosis 

 character of, in hospital cases 



character of, in bacillary dysentery 



character of, in amoebic dysentery . . 



23 



45 

 22 

 60 

 65 



10 



collection and examination of 



flagellate infections high when stool is liquid 23,24 



importance of examination of various parts of 45 

 infections according to character of, in hospital 22 



influence of character of, on infections .. 23 



in amo3bic dysentery . . . . 65 



in bacillary dysentery . . . . . . 60 



in dysentery, character depends on diet . . 64 



looseness, as result of emetin .. .. 120 



quantity taken up by flies . . . . . . 143 



uniformity of, in native prisoners . . . . 25 



Strains of E. histolytica according to size of cyst 49 



T 



Tsenia, carriage of eggs by flies . . . . 141, 142 



Temperature, effect of emetin on.. . . .. 121 



Tetramitus cysts, character of - . . . 78 



simulated by yeast 78 



simulated by E. nana . . . . . . 78, 91 



drugs, .action of (see Treatment). 



_ error of single examination . . . . . . 12-17 



