Uncinariasis (Hookworm disease) in Porto Rico : a medical and economic problem . UJCO < O QZ zz1 o ^ LU O Z o Z UL < O Q LLl o oo < i o. _ c ^ A 03 UNCINARIASIS IN PORTO RICO. 189 Changes were always found in tubules and glomeruli, but the convolutedtubules suffered most severely, and fatty degeneration and desquamation inthem was marked. The collecting tubules were much less affected. There wasextensive exudation into Bowmans capsule, with desquamation of its endo-thelial lining and much dilatation of the intracapsular space. Hemorrhagesinto Bowmans capsule, intertubular hemorrhagic
Uncinariasis (Hookworm disease) in Porto Rico : a medical and economic problem . UJCO < O QZ zz1 o ^ LU O Z o Z UL < O Q LLl o oo < i o. _ c ^ A 03 UNCINARIASIS IN PORTO RICO. 189 Changes were always found in tubules and glomeruli, but the convolutedtubules suffered most severely, and fatty degeneration and desquamation inthem was marked. The collecting tubules were much less affected. There wasextensive exudation into Bowmans capsule, with desquamation of its endo-thelial lining and much dilatation of the intracapsular space. Hemorrhagesinto Bowmans capsule, intertubular hemorrhagic areas, and blood and epithe-lial casts, were found in four of the nine bodies sectioned, and the picture wasthat of an acute condition superimposed on the usual chronic one four of these had received betanaphthol. In one case, yellow pigment wasfound, but only in small quantity. In two instances embolic abscesses existed. STOMACH. It was not usual to encounter uncinariae in
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