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GENERAL INDEX 



Motility of E. tetragena, 186. 



tropicalis, 212. 

 Paramoeba hominis, 220, 



224. 

 Mouth, amoebae of, 230. 



N. 



Nucleus, structure of, 15. 



achromatic substance of, 16. 

 centrosome of, 16. 

 centriole of, 16. 

 chromidia of, 15. 

 chromatin of, 16. 

 karyosome of, 15, 16, 94, 95, 98, 

 116, 124, 133, 185, 187, 204, 

 209, 212, 220. 



reproductive changes in, 24, 25, 

 93, 101, 102, 104, 133, 184, 

 204, 221. 



of E. buccalis, 231. 

 coli, 93. 



histolytica, 123. 

 minuta, 204. 

 nipponica, 209. 

 tetragena, 184. 

 tropicalis, 212. 

 Paramoeba hominis, 220, 



223, 224. 



staining of, 95, 132, 186. 

 Neutral red, 42. 

 Nomenclature, 28. 

 Nutrition of amoebae, 19. 



O. 



Osmic acid, fixation by, 44, 46. 



P. 



Paramoeba hominis, amoebic stage 

 of, 220. 



diagnosis of. 228. 



distribution of, 217. 



encysted stage of, 223. 



flagellate stage of, 224. 



history of, 215. 



life cycle of, 216, 218. 



morphology of, 218. 



relation to disease of, 227. 



reproduction of, 227. 

 Paramoeba eilhardi, 29. 

 Pathology of dysentery, 144. 



of liver abscess, 151, 155. 



microscopic, 149. 

 Permanganate of potassium, 27. 



Picric acid, 45. 

 Pseudopodia of E. coli, 99. 

 of E. histolytica, 128. 

 tetragena, 186. 



Q. 



Quinine sulphate and amoebae, 27. 



R. 



Reproduction by cyst formation, 25, 



100, 134, 187, 205, 210. 

 by gemmation, 24, 134. 



schizogony, 24, 100, 205, 209. 

 simple division, 24, 100, 

 101, 134, 187, 205, 209. 

 of E. buccalis, 231. 

 coli, 100. 

 histolytica, 13, 23, 101, 



133. 



minuta, 205. 

 nipponica, 210. 

 tetragena, 187. 

 tropicalis, 212. 

 Paramoeba hominis, 222. 

 Rontgen rays,, 27. 



S. 



Sections, staining of, 53. 

 Schizogony, description of, 24. 

 in E. buccalis, 231. 

 coli, 100. 

 histolytica, 133. 

 minuta, 205. 

 nipponica, 210. 

 Silver nitrate, 27. 

 Sporogony in E. histolytica, 134. 

 Spores, relation to disease of, 163. 



of E. histolytica, 134. 

 Stage, warm, 40. 

 Staining methods, 47. 



carbol fuchsin, 47, 48. 

 eosin and methylene blue, 55. 

 Giemsa stain, 49. 

 hsematoxylin, Delafield's, 47. 

 haematoxylin-eosin stain, 56. 

 iron haematoxylin, method of 



Heidenhain, 48, 57. 

 safranin stain, 54. 

 Wright stain, 51. 

 Stimulation, response of amoebae to,. 



20. 



Sublimate acetic acid mixture, 45. 

 Sulphate of copper, 27. 



