CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL 1 



II. GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF AMCEB.E 12 



III. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE 28 



IV. TECHNIQUE 38 



V. THE CULTIVATION OF PARASITIC AMCEB^ 58 



VI. THE AMCEBJB OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT 73-229 



Entamceba coli: Distribution. Morphology. Reproduc- 

 tion and Life Cycle. Cultivation. Relation to 



Disease 73 



Entamceba histolytica: Distribution. Morphology. Re- 

 production and Life Cycle. Cultivation. Relation 



to Disease 114 



Entamceba tetragena: Distribution. Morphology. Re- 

 production and Life Cycle. Cultivation. Relation to 



Disease 179 



Entamceba minuta: Distribution. Morphology. Repro- 

 duction and Life Cycle. Cultivation. Relation to 



Disease 200 



Entamoeba nipponica: Distribution. Morphology. Re- 

 production and Life Cycle. Relation to Disease .... 207 

 Entamceba tropicalis: Morphology and Discussion of . . 212 

 Entamceba phagocytoides: Morphology and Discussion of 213 

 Entamoeba undulans: Morphology and Discussion of . . 214 

 Paramoeba hominis: Distribution. Morphology. Re- 

 production and Life Cycle. Relation to Disease. . . . 215 



VII. THE AMCEB.E OF THE MOUTH 230 



Entamoeba buccalis: Distribution. Morphology. Re- 

 production and Life Cycle. Relation to Disease .... 230 

 Entamoeba gingivalis and Entamoeba dentalis: Discus- 

 sion of 232 



VIII. THE AMCEB^E OF THE GENITO- URINARY TRACT 233 



Entamceba urogenitalis 233 



IX. THE AMtEBJE OCCURRING IN EXUDATIONS, ABSCESSES, AND 



IN THE LUNGS 234 



Entamoeba miurai: Discussion of 234 



Entamoeba kartulisi: Discussion of 234 



Entamceba pulmonalis: Discussion of 235 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 237 



INDEX OF AUTHORS 247 



GENERAL INDEX 249 



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