Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    267. There were 23 sections of spleen, one of which contained secondary sarcomatous deposits. 268. Specimens of glands to the number of 18 were cut and examined, and three of them showed secondary malignant infection. 269. Fifteen sections of heart muscle were made, and seven sections of stomach were examined. 270. Pieces of lung were forwarded from seven cases; one of these was tubercular and another contained secondary sarcomatous growth. 271. The other tissues consisted of brain (four specimens, one tubercular) ; intestine, seven specimens (two dysenteric, one tubercular); gall-bladder, four specimens ; appendix, three specimens (all showing acute inflammatory signs) ; pancreas, two specimens; skin, two specimens (one leprotic, the other a neurofibroma); suprarenals, two specimens; tonsils, two ; muscle, two; and one each of thymus gland, ulnar nerve, omentum (secondary cancerous invasion), spinal corcl, fallopian tubes (pyosalpinx), bone-marrow and uterus (fibroid). 272. In addition to these there were 22 specimens of tumour growth. There were five fibro-sarcomas, three periosteal sarcomas, one giant-celled sarcoma and one small round-celled sarcoma. There were two epitheliomas, one from the penis and the other from the anus. One carsimona of the liver was received, also one cyst-adenoma of the jaw. The other tumours were non-malignant and included six fibromas, one lipoma and one neurofibroma. 273. Many specimens were added to the Museum, which is now assuming useful proportions. These specimens comprised snakes, plants, tumour growth, aneurisms and other pathological conditions. 274. Eleven smears from urethral discharge were examined for gonococci, with a positive result of four. 275. Twenty specimens of urine were examined. Quantitative sugar estimations were done in eight, three samples were from cases of blackwater fever, three were from acute nephritis, schistosome ova occurred in two, prostatic threads were noted in one, and three presented no abnormalities. 276. Fifteen vaccines were prepared. Twelve of these were staphylo¬ coccal, two were from diplococcus and one from gonorrhoea. The diplococci referred to were isolated from the cases of Pyosis mansoni, and it was noticed, while working with the organism, that when mixed with human blood the red cells were markedly dehsemoglobinised. 277. Thirteen Wassermann reactions were performed. The result was positive in nine. 278. Bacteriological analyses were made on samples from various private and public wells in Lagos, Ebute-Metta, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Mamfe, and also on samples from the soda-water factories at Ebute-Metta and at the W.A.F.F. headquarters, Lagos. The results from the soda-water factories were uniformly good and those from the wells uniformly bad. 279. Seven Widal reactions were done. The result was positive to Bacillus typhosus in two, to Bacillus para- typhosus A. in one and to Bacillus paratyphosus B. in one.