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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1914 



high percentage to be thus explained. Having noted the great 

 frequency of intestinal parasitism and genito-urinary disorders 

 in the Philippines, it was thought that perhaps a tabulation of 

 the cases according to the faecal and urinary findings might re- 

 veal the cause of many of the normal and the abnormally high 

 counts. The results follow: 



Table VII. — Fascal findings arranged according to the presence of a leuco- 

 penia, a normal count, or a leucocytosis. 



Examinations and findings. 



Cases. 



Leucopenia. 



Normal count. 



Leucocytosis. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



1 

 Per 

 cent. 



Persons negative _ .. 



13 



30 



41 



29 



4 



7 



15 

 16 

 14 

 2 



53.8 



50.0 

 39.0 

 48.3 

 50.0 



5 



12 



22 



11 



2 



38.5 



40.0 

 53.6 

 37.9 

 50.0 



1 



8 

 3 

 4 



7.7 



10.0 



7.3 



13.8 



Persons infected with— 



Two species 



Three species 





Total 







117 



54 



46.1 



52 



44.5 



11 



9.4 



Ascaris 



56 



76 



35 



36 



8 



2 



1 



1 



27 

 32 

 15 

 18 

 3 

 2 



48.2 

 42.1 

 42.9 

 50.0 

 37.5 

 ICO.O 



24 

 38 

 16 

 16 

 4 



42.9 

 46.1 

 46.7 

 44.4 

 50.0 



5 

 9 



4 

 2 



1 



8.9 



n.9 



11.4 



5.6 



12.5 



TVickuris _ 





Entamceba 



Monad J .. 







1 



100.0 













1 





Total 











215 



97 



^.9 



96 



44.4 



22 



10.2 





Table VIII. — Urinalyses arranged according to the presence of a leuco- 

 penia, a normal count, or a leucocytosis. 





1 



56 

 7 

 4 

 2 



29 

 5 

 3 



11 







1 



100.0 



46.3 

 42.9 







Persons with— 

 Alb"rfiin . . 



23 

 4 

 4 

 1 



14 

 2 

 2 



7 



42.6 

 57.1 

 100.0 

 50.0 

 48.3 

 40.0 

 66.7 



63.6 



27 

 3 



6 



11.1 











Albumin, pus cells, and red cells ..- 



Albumin and casts 



Albumin, casts, and red cells 



Albumin, casts, and pus cells 



Albumin, casts, pus cells, and red 



1 



12 



3 



50.0 

 41.4 

 60.0 







3 



10.3 



1 



33.3 



4 



36.4 



Total 







118 



57 



48.3 



51 



43.2 



10 



8.5 





A study of these tables vtdll convince one that neither the fascal 

 nor the urinary findings alone nor the two combined are obviously 

 responsible for causing the normal or the abnormally high 

 counts. On the contrary, it would appear that each may have 



