The Philippine Journal of Science 



September 24, 1921. Weight, 740 grams; injected direct from patient. 



September 28. Enema, considerable blood and many amoeba?; incuba- 

 tion period, four days; emetine, 10 milligrams per kilogram; after ten 

 minutes a few drops of fluid were expelled; this was rich in motile amoeba?, 

 but they became rounded up and many degenerated while under observa- 

 tion during the next fifteen minutes. 



September 29. Weight, 720 grams; passing blood containing amoebae; 

 emetine, 10 milligrams per kilogram. 



September 30. Weight, 750 grams; formed stool, negative; enema, 

 negative; no treatment. 



October 1. Enema, negative. 



October 3. Passing a little blood rich in amoebae; emetine, 10 milligrams 

 per kilogram. 



October 4. Dead; ii 

 bowel; total emetine, ! 



September 24, 1921. Weight, 520 grams; injected direct from patient. 



September 28. Enema, copious amount of blood and many amoeba?- 

 incubation period, four days; emetine, 5 milligrams per kilogram. 



September 29. Soft yellow stool showed no amceba? and no gross blood; 

 emetine, 5 milligrams per kilogram. 



September 30. On starting to introduce the rectal tube, a well-formed 

 stool was passed; no blood nor amoeba?; enema was returned with one 

 small fleck of blood containing a few amoeba?; emetine, 5 milligrams per 



October 1. Enema, blood and amoeba?. 

 October 2. Enema, blood and amoebae. 

 October 3. Pound dead; extensive broncho-pneumonia on the left side- 



slight inflammation i 



ulcers in the lower portions of the 



Dowel; total emetine, 15 milligrams per kilogram within two days. 



wT^ ?« T' Weight ' 77 ° ff^'i^ted direct from patient. 

 September 28. Enema, abundant blood, mucus, and amoeba?; incubation 

 period four days ; emetine, 10 milligrams per kilogram. 



5 XS Per ktgrir ^ "^ ** ""* «* «"*"• — * 



g r!T^nZJ. ei8ht ' 12 ° grams; enema ' negative; emetine ' 5 nm - 



October 1. Enema, negative. 



October 3. Sacrificed; no pneumonia; some pus in lartre bowel bnt „« 

 amoeba? found; blood culture gave a growth of streptococcus tZl erne ine 

 20 milligrams per kilogram within two days. emetine, 



Control for Nos. 8, 9, and 10. 



September 24, 1921. Weight, 680 grams; injected with amoeba? 



September 29. Abundant blood and amoeba?; incubation period, five 



