cexviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {N.S., XV, 
elapsed from the commencement of their convalescence when they came 
under observation. 
ases had been sarsasamnce as ener Fev 
» ” typhoid * ib ety ”” Fever. 
136 9? 9 9° + did 
ss aaa a io me KS : Pyrexia of uncertain origin or 
Enteric Group. 
se figures are as ac roaster as they can be made under the circum- 
prego bu r n 
for Paratyphoid ‘‘A’”’ too nee There probably are some among our 
patients who have never suffered moh any Enteric Group fevist. but 
ible. 
The stool is passed into a sterile boda and emulsified with sterile 
tap water, plated on to Conradi’s medium and - likely colonies tested 
with high titre serum and sugars. Brilliant Green and other een 
substances were not found to be of assistance in + iekabicnd enteric group 
bacilii. 
49 carriers were detected ; of these 
34 are carriers of Bacillus Paratyphosus ‘‘ A.’’ 
9 >, Ty 
A . is Ae Paratyphosus as pl © ay 
All but five of these would be classed as chronic carriers if we take 3 
months from the commencement of the illness as the limit of a temporary 
carrier, but only 13 became true chronic carriers, the remainder ceasing 
to excrete the bacilli at varying  agcip up bid 9 mo: onthe from the com- 
mencement of the illness. Of these true carri 
8 are carriers of zeae Baratyphows Bes”? 
7 “ e Typhos 
1 isa carrier me ne UL aptaae oto “<B 
Two urinary carriers have been detec ted ; one is a chronic B. Typho- 
sus carrier, andthe other a temporay carrier of Bacillus Paratyphosus 
dy. Si 
e Widal reaction has been done in all our carriers and we found 
that hele carriers always give a positive reaction of at eat ‘ in 40 
porary rs give varied result, te) to excre 
The tem 
the bacilli for a considerable time usually give as marked a reaction as 
the chronic carriers. 
arriers are, as a rule, the fittest men in the depét, but usually at one 
time or another complain of pain over the gall bladder which in 12 cases 
have been sufficiently severe to keep them in bed for 3-4 days. Details 
are given he 3 coo paratyphoid ** A” carriers in which the symptoms 
more e excretion of bacilli ceased during the attacks of 
i ndi 
Pass nich the ce. 
The treatment of chronic carriers is still ver unsatisfactory. We 
© precauti ares in dealing ‘with carriers are given. We hav 
had two cases ork febtip 
The amcebic dysentery carrier. The effects of the infec- 
tion on the individual and the community with some 
observations on its treatment.—By W. MacApam. 
l. Twoas 8 of the problem of the amcembic d tery carrier are 
Soiihideted + pect Pp ic dysentery 
