On the dysenteries of India : with a chapter on secondary streptococcal infections and sprue / by Hugh W.Acton and R.Knowles.

  • Acton, Hugh W. (Hugh William), 1883-1935.
Date:
1928
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Credit: On the dysenteries of India : with a chapter on secondary streptococcal infections and sprue / by Hugh W.Acton and R.Knowles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 28. Amoebic dysentery. Thinning and] bal¬ looning of intestinal wall at point marked X in descending colon. The black sloughs have been scraped awa}’ from the two ulcers marked S, exposing the yellow base. (After Fletcher and Jepps, 1924.) Fig. 29. Chronic amoebic dysentery of 1£- years’ duration. Showing chronic ulcera¬ tion. Entamoeba histolytica was found in scrapings from the ulcers. No dysentery bacilli Avere isolated. There was great thickening of the intestine in places, and the appendices epiploicce were much enlarged. (After Fletcher and Jepps, 1924.)