The endemic diseases of the southern states . wn to be specific. Thymol perhaps has thebest reputation. High enemas of solutions of benzene haverecently been used with apparent success and this treatmentdeserves further trial. BALANTIDroM COLIParamoecium coli, Holophyra coli Infections with Balantidium coli have been found in Russia,Sweeden, Finland, Germany, Italy, North and South America,Cuba, Africa, Sunda Isles, Cochin China and the the United States, Bel and Couret-* reported a case inLouisiana, Gray-^^ three cases in Arkansas, I observed one 524 ENDEMIC DISEASES OF THE SOU
The endemic diseases of the southern states . wn to be specific. Thymol perhaps has thebest reputation. High enemas of solutions of benzene haverecently been used with apparent success and this treatmentdeserves further trial. BALANTIDroM COLIParamoecium coli, Holophyra coli Infections with Balantidium coli have been found in Russia,Sweeden, Finland, Germany, Italy, North and South America,Cuba, Africa, Sunda Isles, Cochin China and the the United States, Bel and Couret-* reported a case inLouisiana, Gray-^^ three cases in Arkansas, I observed one 524 ENDEMIC DISEASES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES case in eastern Arkansas, Sistrunk- one in Minnesota, andthe Rockefeller Sanitary Commission-^^ two cases in NorthCarolina and one in Mississippi. Altogether less than 150 caseshave been recorded in man. Males are twice as frequently infested as females. Adults are far more frequently subject to this infestation,but two cases having occurred in children. Association with pigs or the preparation of sausage predisposeto Fig. 117.—Balantidium coli, enlarged. Four cases have been reported in the same ^^ Besides man, the domestic pig and certain species of monkeysserve as hosts for halantidiuni. It is possible to acquire this infection through food or waterinfected with the feces of pigs or through eating infected hogmeat. The body of this infusorium is nearly oval, one side beingusually somewhat longer than the other. The length is to o. I mm. and the breadth from to mm. The an-terior end shows the short, broad, funnel-shaped anus is terminal at the posterior end. There is a distinctectosarc thickly set with ciha. The endosarc shows ordinarilytwo contractile vacuoles and phagocyted particles. Thenucleus is commonly bean-shaped. Reproduction occursthrough binary fission and budding conjugation is known in OTHER INTESTINAL PARASITES 525 this parasite, and encystation is known to occur. The organ-isms are highly mo
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