Souvenir Henry Hill Hickman Centenary Exhibition : 1830-1930, at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
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[1930], ©1930
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Credit: Souvenir Henry Hill Hickman Centenary Exhibition : 1830-1930, at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. The characters and diagnosis of the various intestinal protozoa of man in Egypt, with a description of three new forms. III. Treatment of E. histolytica and other protozoal infections of the human intestine. IV. Experimental work with the human intestinal protozoa, their carriage by house-flies and the resistance of their cysts to disinfectant and other agents. There is also an Appendix with histories of cases treated and some most useful plates illustrating the different types of intestinal protozoa. Altogether a most useful book.—Medical Journal of Australia. This very helpful volume contains a revised issue of the authors' well-known Report on the human intestinal protozoa in Egypt, published during 1917 in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, to which has been added an Appendix giving the history of the cases treated. After giving an account of the methods of collecting material and of examining various groups of men for protozoal infections, the authors describe the characters of the intestinal organisms, especially Entamoeba histolytica, E. colt and E. nana, the last-named being a new species which proved to be one of the commonest protozoa in the human intestine in Egypt. One of the chief practical problems considered is that relating to carriers : ' cases may remain as healthy carriers for long periods without showing any signs of dysentery,' but on microscopical examination of their faeces the characteristic quadrinucleate cysts of Entamoeba histolytica are found. Observations on the part played by house-flies in carrying protozoal infection from faeces to food demonstrate the importance of the measures directed against flies. Examination of the droppings of 229 flies captured in a hospital compound showed that eighteen of the flies had deposited cysts of protozoa or eggs of parasitic worms.—Edinburgh Medical Journal. MOSQUITO SURVEYS: A Handbook for Anti - Malarial and Anti- Mosquito Field Workers. By Malcolm E. MacGregor, M.A., Entomologist, The Wellcome Field Laboratory, The Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research. With Foreword by Sir Ronald Ross, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S. An essential addition to the library of all those whose work is wholly, or partly, concerned with the study and prevention of mosquito-borne disease in all parts of the world. Sufficiently portable to be the constant companion of the field worker and so comprehensive as to be an encyclopaedia of reference for laboratory workers. Deals exhaustively with Laboratory and Field Technique. Medical Officers of Health and all engaged in anti-malarial and anti-mosquito campaigns will find Mosquito Surveys indispensable in the hitherto difficult task of identification and classification of species. Contains 282 pages, liberally illustrated, 62 maps, diagrams and photographs. Published by Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, London (Eng.), lor The Wellcome Foundation Ltd. Crown Octavo. Cloth Binding.