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Notes on the cases carrying E. histolytica. 



Case M. 462, had been in France \l^ years but never in the 

 East. Had no history of dysentery or diarrhoea or any other 

 intestinal trouble. Surgical case. Cysts 7 yit in diameter. 



Case M. 463, had been in France, South Africa, Ceylon, Singa- 

 pore, but never had dysentery, diarrhoea, or any other intestinal 

 ailment. Nephritis case. Cysts 7-8 [jl in diameter. 



Case M. 464, had been in FrSnce but not in the East. Slight 

 diarrhoea in France about a year ago. Nephritis case. Cysts 10 /i. 



Case M. 465. Trench fever case. Unfortunately, this patient 

 was sent away before any information could be obtained from him. 

 Had certainly been in France. Cysts 12 /*. 



Case I. 466. Discharged soldier in Leeds General Infirmary. 

 Had been in France but not in the East. Never had a day's 

 illness in his life before he was wounded in France in 1917. 

 The majority of the men in his regiment in France had suffered 

 from dysentery. Cysts 12 jj.. 



Thus it appears as if about 7 per cent, of the military patients 

 who are sent to hospitals for diseases other than dysentery are 

 carriers o{ Entamoeba histolytica. 



5. Reading Report. 

 By R. C. McLean. 



The following examinations were carried out in the labora- 

 tories attached to the Royal Berkshire Hospital and the Reading 

 War Hospital. 



Those examined were, with few exceptions, inmates of either 

 the Royal Berkshire Hospital or of the Park Isolation Hospital, 

 Reading. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the medical 

 staff" of those institutions for permission to conduct the investiga- 

 tion, and to the Matrons and Sisters for their kind help in 

 collecting and forwarding specimens for examination. 



The total number of persons examined was 140, divided thus : 



. J 1, (Males 57. 

 ^^;^l*MFemales 60. 

 Children under twelve 23. 



Of these, 20 (15 males, 5 females) gave particulars of residence 

 abroad. Among these were 7 ex-soldiers with a record of service 

 in France during the War. None of them had dysentery recorded 

 in their medical histories. [The total number of persons who had 

 never been abroad was thus 120. The stools of each were examined 

 only once.] 



The total number giving an account of previous intestinal 

 disorder was 4, of whom the following are the particulars : 



M. 58. Carcinoma ef rectum in July 1918. No residence abroad. 

 No protozoa. 



