. A text-book upon the pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoa for students of medicine and physicians. Bacteriology; Pathogenic bacteria; Protozoa. So8 Sleeping Sickness micro-organisms and African lethargy, and much interest was being taken in a coccus—the hypnococcus—that was being studied by Castellani in Uganda. As Castellani was prosecuting the investi- gation of this organism, he chanced to examine the cerebro-spinal fluid of several negroes in Uganda who were sufifering from sleeping sickness, and in it found trypanosomes. Even then, though Cas- tellani* realized that these organisms were con
. A text-book upon the pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoa for students of medicine and physicians. Bacteriology; Pathogenic bacteria; Protozoa. So8 Sleeping Sickness micro-organisms and African lethargy, and much interest was being taken in a coccus—the hypnococcus—that was being studied by Castellani in Uganda. As Castellani was prosecuting the investi- gation of this organism, he chanced to examine the cerebro-spinal fluid of several negroes in Uganda who were sufifering from sleeping sickness, and in it found trypanosomes. Even then, though Cas- tellani* realized that these organisms were connected with sleeping sickness, he did not identify them in his mind with the Trypano-. Fig. 207.—Various species of trypanosomes: i, Trypanosoma lewisi oi the ; 2, Trypanosoma lewisi, multiplication rosette; 3, Trypanosoma lewisi, small form resulting from the disintegratoin of arosette; 4, Trypanosoma brticei of nagana; S, Trypanosoma equinum of caderas; 6, Trypanosomagambienseoi sXee.'paigSLdL- ness; 7, Trypanosoma gambiense, undergoing division; 8, Trypanosoma theileri, a harmless trypanosome of cattle; 9, Trypanosoma transvaliense, a variation of T. theileri; 10, Trypanosoma avium, a bird trjfpanosome; 11, Trypanosoma damonice of a tortoise; 12, Trypanosoma solece of the flat fish; 13, Trypanosoma granulosum of the eel; 14, Trypanosoma rajrn of the skate; 15, Trypanosoma rola- torium of frogs; 16, Cryptobiaborreli of the red-eye (a fish). (From Laveran and Mesnil.) * Ibid., May 23, 1903; June 20, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McFarland, Joseph, 1868-. Philadelphia and London, W. B. Saunders Company
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