Reports of the Sleeping Sickness Commission. No. I.

  • Royal Society (Great Britain). Sleeping Sickness Commission
Date:
1903
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    PUOGRESS REPORT OX SLEEPING SICKNESS IX UGANDA. By Likit.-Cui.. DAVID BBUCE, F.ii.S., B.A.M.C., AND DAVID NABAKRO, M.D. {SLEEPiya SICKSESS COMMISSIOS.) [Dated Eiitelibe, Uganda, May 29.—Received .lime 29, I90.‘l.] CONTEXTS. CAGE 1. Exiimiimiioii of the Cfri-bro-^pinnl Fluid of eases of Sleeping Siekness for Trjpanosonies . 12 2. Does the Trvpauosoiua oeeiir in tlie C'erebro-spinal Fluid of eases of Sleeping Siekness in other distriets than Uganda ? Ih li. Does the Cerebro-spinal Fluid of tlie Creneral I’opulation eon»ain Trypanosomes-' 15 4. Does the Blood of Sleeping Siekness eases also contain TrjpanosoJiios ■- 15 5. Does tlie Blood of the tieneral Population contain Trypanosomes!-' Cases of Try])anosoma Fever. J. ^[. European, etc Ki Table of Controls from General Population 215 I). Can any DifTerenee be made out iiieroseopieally between the Tryj ano- sonia of Sleeping Siekness and that of Trypanosoma Fever? 21 7. Can any Differenee be made out between these Ti-ypanosoina by Experiments ? 25 S. Does the Distribution of Sleeping Siekness eoineide with the Distribu- tion of any Jliting Insect ? ;{(> P. Can the Uganda Tset.se Fly carry the Trypanosoma found in Sleeping Siekness eases from .Inimal to Animal ? .‘{7 Appendix. M.'dieal Histories and Post mortem. Eeports of twenty-one ea.ses of Sleeping Siekness 59 IdST OE ILLl'STRATIOXS. Frontisjiiece.—Laboratory of the Commis.ion, Entebbe, I’gauda. Plate 1, fig. 1.—Trypanosomes from Cerebro-spinal Tliiid. Sleejiing SicK- Tiess. X 2(kX>. ,, fig. 2. —Trypanosomes from Blood. Sleeping Siekness. Plate 2, fig. 5.—Trypanosomes from Blood. Sleeping Siekness. „ fig. 4.—TVypanosomes from Blood. Trypanosoma Fever. Plat.' 3, fig. 5.—Trypanosomes from Blood, 'j'ryj.anosoma lever. „ fig. 6.—Trvpanosi mes from Blood of iMonkey. Plate -1, fig. 7.—Pale-faced Monkey. „ fig. 8.—Blaek-faced Monkey. Plate 5.-—Surface of Brain of Case 1. Kaperi. Plates 6 and 7.—J^hotograph of Kilsironm. Sleeihng Siekness Case. Plate 8.—Photograph of NN'aiswa. Sleeping Siekness Case. Plate 9.—Surface of Brain of Case 45. Leobeiii. Plate 10.— Photograph of Brain. Case 42. Eatola.