Reprints of articles contributed to medical journals, 1895-1909 / by John D. Gimlette.

  • Gimlette, John D. (John Desmond), 1867-1934
Date:
1911
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Credit: Reprints of articles contributed to medical journals, 1895-1909 / by John D. Gimlette. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •11$ “ They fire not arranged in definite layers and the palisade arrangement of the deepest layer is poorly marked. “ The growth itself is composed of round cells with scanty protoplasm. The cells and nuclei stain well with basic stains. Mitosis is common and there are no areas of necrosis, caseation, or suppuration. The cells vary a little in size and occasionally much larger cells with single nuclei are seen. In the depth of the growth there is some thickening of the fibrous stroma. The growth is supplied with blood-vessels. “ Tubercle from the Chin.—This specimen is from a more hairy part and hair follicles extend through the growth. It differs from the other specimen in that the growth is less abundant and the fibrous stroma more so and that the hair follicles extend through the depth. “ No micro-organisms were found in the deeper parts of the sections of the growths.” This description agrees with the most recently pub- lished account of the microscopical appearances of framboesia or yaws tubercles [20]. It is important to note that no congener of the Spirochcete pallida was found. The original sections are sent with this paper. The Treatment op Puru. Malays have given much attention to the treatment of puru, both with drugs derived from their own flora and by the use of a few imported medicines, but their efforts, which are mainly empirical, have not proved very successful in every-day practice. In the hope that a definite therapeutic preparation might be made out of one or other of their local pro- ducts, I recently sent some notes to the Therapeutical Society of London, on some of the methods employed by Kelantan Malays in the treatment of puru. Botani- cal specimens of most of the plants referred to were sent to England with the paper. They were all