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Eniamaba histolytica in tissue. Section of submucosa of colon, fixed in corrosive sublimate 

 and alcohol, and stained with nigrosin. Three entamoeba may be seen following each other in 

 a tunnel which the leader is excavating. E, Entamoeba ; G, glandular tissue (disintegrating) ; 

 Z, sniall cell infiltration. X 350. 







Entamceba histolytica in mucosa of colon. Invasion of the crypts of Lieberkiihn from the 

 interglandular tissue, and subsequent destruction of epithelium by the organisms. E, Entamoeba ; 

 Z, small-cell infiltration ; B, blood corpuscles and debris, x 300. (After Dopter.) 



blood and mucus, leucocytes, amoebae, bacteria, Charcot-Leyden 

 crystals and bits of tissue. 



Anorexia, moist furred tongue, sometimes nausea and vomiting. 



