Annual report on the Medical Research Institute / 1909-.

  • Nigeria. Medical Research Institute.
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[1915]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Research Institute / 1909-. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    40. The last case was positive in the second smear from the second stool in July, and positive again in the first stool in the first smear in December. The Table may make these statements more clear. Nineteen cases treated with 25 grains Thvmol thrice daily ON TWO SUCCESSIVE DAYS IN JULY, 1915. No ora in July. Ova present in No ova in December. July. December, in first stool. 1st smear. 2nd smear. 3rd smear. 4th smear. 1st stool 1st smear 5 2 2 1 -- ) J 99 * * * 2nd „ 7 4 — 1 — o Mi — 99 99 * * * 3rd ,, 2 •— 1 — •— 1 — 99 4th „ 1 — 1 — — — — J5 >5 * * * 5th „ 2 1 — — 1 — — 2nd „ 2nd ,, 1 1 — — -- — 1 1 41. Eleven cases were treated in July with 25 grains thymol thrice in the day-time on the first day and SO grains thymol thrice in the day¬ time on the next day. Again no ill effects were observed. Apparently complete freeing from ankylostomes occurred in only one case. 42. The findings in July were positive in the first smear of the first stool in five cases. Re-examined in December, ova were found in the first smear from the first stool in four instances and from the fourth smear in one. 43. Four cases showed ova in the second smear from the first stool in July. In December, the ova were noted in the first smear of the first stool in three and in the fifth smear in one. 44. In the remaining case the third smear of the first stool was positive in July, and the first smear of the first stool in December. These figures are also shown in a table. Eleven cases treated with 25 grains Thymol thrice daily on one day and 30 grains Thvmol thrice daily on the next day, in July, 1915. Ova present in July. Ova present in December in 1st stool. No Ova in December. 1st smear. 4th smear. 5th smear 1st stool 1st smear 6 4 1 1 99 99 ••• 2nd „ 4 3 — 1 Ji 99 3rd „ 1 1 — — — 45. Fifty-three subjects were given 10 grains thymol morning and evening lor 35 consecutive days (missing one day). Two of these were apparently uninfected by ankylostomes previous to treatment.
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