Annual report on the Medical Research Institute / 1909-.

  • Nigeria. Medical Research Institute.
Date:
[1923]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Research Institute / 1909-. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BLOOD SMEARS. Blood smears form the next largest series of specimens examined, 299 from Europeans and 107 from Natives a total of 40(5. Subtertian malarial parasites were found in forty-one, thirty Europeans and eleven Natives. Crescents were noted on three occasions, on two of which they wereAnily stage ^L^h^Psirgsite seen. The quartan parasite, in the ring form and in the ^^^^^^e^stage was met with in only one patient, a native. The benign tertian parasite was not encountered. Pigmented m6nonucl&_CKr leucocytes were seen on three occasions in the absence of malaria parasites. The embryos of Eilaria loa were observed in the blood of eight persons, five Europeans and three Natives. Forty-nine differential leucocyte counts were made and the Arneth formula was ascertained in thirty-one instances. URINE. Ten specimens were examined. Red blood cells and pus were found in three, and pus in two. SPUTUM. Thirty-eight samples were stained for the tubercle bacillus. The findings were positive in nine (European three, Native six). WIDAL TEST. Serum from six patients reacted positively to bacillus paratypho- sus B in three instances and the result was negative in the remainder. VACCINES. Sixteen vaccines were prepared. MISCELLANEOUS. Smears. Twenty smears were received, seven taken from skin eruptions, four of pus from the eye, three of gland juice, three from the nose, and one each from cerebro-spinal fluid, an ulcer of the lip and an ulcerated tonsil. Fluid. Two samples of pleural exudate and one from a knee joint were examined. Water Analysis. Six samples of water were submitted to a bacteriological analysis. HISTO-PATHOLOGY. The following organs were sectioned and reported on, Liver, five specimens, Spleen five, Brain five, Lung three, and Kidney two specimens. Sixteen specimens of Carcinoma were received. Epithelioma of toe two, of foot, of leg, of scrotum, of penis, of buttock, and of lip. Carcinoma of rectum two, of breast two, of bladder, of stomach, of face and of testis. Sarcomas numbered thirteen, of jaw* three, of foot three, of testis two, of chest, of abdominal wall, of femur of thigh and of scrotum. The following simple tumours occurred.