PART III.] Filaria Sanguinis Hominis in Relation to " Chyluriar 509 



the discharge consisted of clear fluid, with numerous granular cells, precisely as observed 

 in the urine of persons suffering from Chyluria. The reaction of the fluid was slightly 

 alkaline. 



Since the foregoing was published, I have for more than a year watched the pro- 

 gress of this patient. The number of Filarise obtained by pricking his fingers and toes 

 gradually diminished, until eventually it was only with considerable difficulty that a 

 single specimen could be thus obtained. On the last occasion (December 1873) I failed 

 to detect any, although several slides were examined ; but, in marked contrast to its 

 former condition, the urine contained a great number — far more so than on any former 

 occasion. The opacity of the cornese has become so extensive as seriously to interfere 

 with vision — both pupils being almost invisible ; he was also suffering from a recently 



Fig. 31.— Living Haematozoa observed in a single preparation of blood obtained by pricking (with a needle) the 

 finger of a European woman suffering from Chyluria. 



A few red-blood corpuscles have been introduced to show the relative size of the Filarise. x 300. 



formed hydrocele. He is now unfit for work, and considerably more emaciated than 

 he was a year ago: he has, however, had an addition to his family on two occasions 

 within this period; mother and children "doing well." 



Before alluding more minutely to the appearances presented by the Hsematozoon, 

 I will refer to one other case for the opportunity of observing which I am again indebted 

 to the Principal of the Medical College, under whose care the patient was. She was 

 the wife of a police sergeant, 30 to 35 years of age, born in this country, but of pure 

 European parentage. Towards the end of July 1872, she was admitted into hospital 

 suffering from a Chylous condition of the urine, with frequently recurring attacks of 

 Hsematuria. 



The disease made its appearance two months after child-birth, 16 years ago, when 



