. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. io8 men who were employed, many of them in night-work on the river, cutting mangrove trees. This possibly contributed to the appearance of Microfilaria bancrofli in small numbers in the day time : the examination was confined to a stained thick film of each case. The notes of the occurrence of any pathological condition seen on examination were made first, and the blood films taken at the same time were examined afterwards. Before proceeding to the consideration of the tables, it is necessary to state that the figures in the tables are
. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. io8 men who were employed, many of them in night-work on the river, cutting mangrove trees. This possibly contributed to the appearance of Microfilaria bancrofli in small numbers in the day time : the examination was confined to a stained thick film of each case. The notes of the occurrence of any pathological condition seen on examination were made first, and the blood films taken at the same time were examined afterwards. Before proceeding to the consideration of the tables, it is necessary to state that the figures in the tables are to a certain degree weighted on the side of ' signs of filarial disease.' For example, a diagnosis of elephantiasis was made to include not only cases such as are shown in the photograph (text-fig. i), but also cases of oedema in which the hyperplasia. Fig. I. of the cutaneous structures was by no means an outstanding feature ; also it includes very circumscribed conditions of hyperplasia with fissuring of the skin at the apex of the otherwise normal-looking scrotum. The influence of the length of the scrotum in producing such lesions is perhaps a factor deserving attention, in view of the frequency with which contact with the ground must occur in squatting down in the native fashion. In one case in which, however, there was no evidence of skin lesion, nor of any patho-. 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 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Liverpool University Press [etc. ]
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