﻿THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



B. Medical Sciences 



Vol. II DECEMBER, 1907 No. 6 



THE ETIOLOGY OF MYCETOMA. 



REPORT OF A CASE OF THE OCHROID VARIETY OCCURRING IN THE PHIL- 

 IPPINE ISLANDS AND CAUSED BY A NEW SPECIES OF STREP- 

 TOTHRIX (STREPTOTURIX FREER!). 



By W. E. Musgrave and M. T. Clegg. 

 (From the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I.) 



OUTLINE. 



Introduction. 

 Case Report. 



Study of the amputated foot. 

 Gross pathology. 

 Histology. 



The Streptothrix. 



Morphology. 

 Cultures. 



Animal Experiments. 

 History and Literature. 

 Discussion and Conclusions. 

 Bibliography. 



introduction. 



Fully to appreciate the confusion which exists at the present time 

 concerning the etiology of mycetoma, it is only necessary to consult the 

 two systems of medicine which are now appearing simultaneously in the 

 English language. J. FT. Wright, in Osier's Modern Medicine, main- 

 tains that the black variety of mycetoma is a separate and distinct disease 

 caused by a Hyphomycete which he cultivated from the black granules 

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