4 PARASITIC AMGEBJE OF MAN. 



In 1886 Kartulis commenced the publication of 

 a series of articles upon his investigations on amoebic 

 dysentery as observed in Egypt. These contribu- 

 tions will always rank as among the most important 

 which have been published regarding this subject. 

 In his first paper he described amoebae which he 

 found in all of one hundred and fifty cases of amoebic 

 dysentery, and in later publications he gave his results 

 after the study of five hundred cases. From his ex- 

 tensive experience he concludes that the organisms 

 are the cause of a form of dysentery, often asso- 

 ciated with liver abscess, and his thorough and scien- 

 tific researches may be said to have finally established 

 the etiological relationship of amoebse to certain forms 

 of dysentery. 



Kartulis made some attempts at cultivation and 

 claimed to have been successful in a few instances. 

 His work was well controlled by the examination 

 of sections prepared from the intestine of individuals 

 dying from tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, 

 and other diseases. While he found in sections made 

 from the intestine of dysenteric patients that the 

 amoebae were always present, he never found them 

 In sections from patients dying from other diseases. 

 Despite their great value the researches of this author 

 attracted but little attention in Europe, America, 

 or in the tropics. 



