. Physical diagnosis . Fig. 2.—Balantidium coli. (Leuckart.) Magnified about 150 Fig. 3.—Lamblia intestinalis. (Leuckart.) THE INTESTINE, SPLEEN, KIDNEY 381 Tape-worms, round-worms, pin-worms, and the strongyloides areto be recognized in their adult form (see Figs. 211, 212, 213, 214, 215).They are usually noticed by the patients themselves and brought tothe physician for examination. If the worm has the look of a commonearth-worm, but a length of five to nine inches, it is safe to call it theround-worm (Ascaris lumbricoides); if the worm is about one-halfan inch long and as thick
. Physical diagnosis . Fig. 2.—Balantidium coli. (Leuckart.) Magnified about 150 Fig. 3.—Lamblia intestinalis. (Leuckart.) THE INTESTINE, SPLEEN, KIDNEY 381 Tape-worms, round-worms, pin-worms, and the strongyloides areto be recognized in their adult form (see Figs. 211, 212, 213, 214, 215).They are usually noticed by the patients themselves and brought tothe physician for examination. If the worm has the look of a commonearth-worm, but a length of five to nine inches, it is safe to call it theround-worm (Ascaris lumbricoides); if the worm is about one-halfan inch long and as thick as a pin, it is in all probability a pin-worm(Oxyuris vermicularis). The Amoeba histolytica is to be searched for in fresh stools passedinto a warm vessel, after MgS04 has been given. A bit of mucus fromsuch stools or a little obtained bypassing a rectal tube is put upon awarmed slide with a drop of water,covered with a cover glass, and ex-
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