. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 378 and c\sts of E. colt were discovered. The patient while under our observation remained untreated for dysentery, and the record for /:. JiistolvtJca is as follows: — ^_^P: October Date. 1 1 1916 ^0 3 ^ 7 lo 12 14 17 19 21 24 zU 2K hist. i cvsts + + + + + + + — + 1 + + 1 — + + + + 31 + + Case 177. This patient had spent many years abroad. He was in Malta from 1893-95, in Egypt in 1896, and then in India till 1899. In 1899 lie went to South Africa and remained there a year. From 1900-1903 he was in Ceylon, and then returned to Eng
. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 378 and c\sts of E. colt were discovered. The patient while under our observation remained untreated for dysentery, and the record for /:. JiistolvtJca is as follows: — ^_^P: October Date. 1 1 1916 ^0 3 ^ 7 lo 12 14 17 19 21 24 zU 2K hist. i cvsts + + + + + + + — + 1 + + 1 — + + + + 31 + + Case 177. This patient had spent many years abroad. He was in Malta from 1893-95, in Egypt in 1896, and then in India till 1899. In 1899 lie went to South Africa and remained there a year. From 1900-1903 he was in Ceylon, and then returned to England. He remained in this country until the outbreak of war, when he again went abroad to France and later to Salonika. During all his residence in tropical parts he never suflfered from dysentery. Occasionally he had very shght attacks of diarrhoea, but they never lasted more than a day or two at a time. In Salonika lie contracted malaria and was invalided home. When the stools were examined a fair number of cysts of E. Jiistolytica were immediately found. A second examination revealed the presence also of E. coli. The patient was given alcresta as in Case 168, , he received altogether IQ'S grains of emetine. Subsequent examinations made during a fortnight after treatment had ended were all negative. Case 182. This patient went to France in August, 1914. He had never been abroad before. He proceeded to Salonika in November, 1915. and remained there till August, 1916, when he contracted malaria and was sent to Malta. He was in Malta eight weeks before returning to England. He never suffered from diarrhoeic conditions at any time, but was frequently constipated. The record of the examinations made for E. histolytica is as follows. The disappearance of cysts after iQlh September is due to treatment which is still being continued. Date. 1916 E. histolytica cysts September + + + , - +. 19 23 i 25 C.\SE 198. This patient, 19 years of age, was a native of the West Indies, a
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