SCHISTOSOMUM JAPONICUM 



were preserved. Sections of the liver, mesenteric glands and bowel 

 were made in Singapore by Dr. Finlayson, and at the Kuala Lumpur 

 Research Institute by Dr. Daniels. Numerous small oval bodies 

 having a smooth stout capsule were found. These bodies were 

 taken for Coccidia, and the case was published in the Journal 

 of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association as a case 

 of coccidiosis in man. 



FIG. 115. Transverse section of a mesenteric vessel, showing: (M)two male schis- 

 tosomes; (F) females; (i) caeca in male; (L) caeca in female; (o) ovum. Magnifi- 

 cation, 56 x . 



On his return to England Dr. Catto had the opportunity of 

 working out the case at the London School of Tropical Medicine, 

 where systematic examinations and sections of all the preserved 

 tissues were made. Sections of the intestine showed the same oval 

 bodies and numerous small nematodes arranged in batches in the 

 mucosa and villi of the small intestine. The latter were soon recog- 

 nised to be the larvae of Tilaria bancrofti, and were probably within 



