Annual report on the Medical Research Institute / 1909-.

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

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    46. The thymol administration was begun on 21st July and stopped on 25th August; the faeces of all were re-examined in September, that is from two to three weeks after the last dose of the anthelminitic, and again in December. 47. Ova were present in the first smear from the first stool in 27, before treatment in July. When again examined in September, ova could not be found in 10 of these cases. Of the remainder, ova were still present in the first smear of the first stool in 12, in the second smear in one, in the third smear in two, in the fourth smear in one and in the fifth smear in one. 48. At the second re-examination in December, three of the 10 cases which had shown no ova in September gave positive findings in the first smear of the first stool and one in the fifth smear of the first stool, whilst one case which showed ova in September was negative in December, so that the number of apparent cures had fallen to seven. Of the remainder, the first smear of the first stool was positive in eighteen, in the fourth smear in one in the fifth smear in one. 49. Four cases showed ova in the second smear of the first stool in July. Three of these were positive in the first smear of the first stool in September and one in the fifth smear. Again examined in December, ova were absent in two of the cases, and present in the second smear of the first stool in one and in the fifth smear in one. 50. Six cases gave positive findings in the third smear from the first stocl before treatment in July. After treatment in September, there were two apparent cures. Of the remaining four cases, two were positive in the first smear from the first stool and two in the second smear. When re¬ examined in December, the two cases which were free from ova in September were still free, tw^o cases were again positive in the first smear of the first stool and one in the second smear, whilst one patient (a lunatic) had been discharged in the interval. 51. There were five cases in which ova were only demonstrated in the fourth smear of the first stool, in July. By September, two of these cases were apparently cured, and the findings were positive in the first smear of the first in twTo and in the second smear in one. These findings were identical when a re-examination was made in December. 52. Four cases showed ova in the fifth smear from the first stool in July. When again examined in September there were three cases free from ova, and the remaining case wras positive in the second smear from the first stool. But in December one of these apparent cures showed ova in the fifth smear from the first stool, two cases were still negative, and in the fourth case ova w'ere noted in the first smear from the first stool. 53. The first smear from the second stool was positive in four cases in July. By September one of the cases, an aged lunatic, had died, there were two apparent cures and in the remaining case ova were abundant in the first smear from the first stool. The results were the same at the re¬ examination in December. 54. One case was negative until the fifth smear of the second stood in July. This case was negative in September, but the ova were found in the first smear from the first stool in December. 55. The two cases which were negative -before treatment in July remained negative throughout the examination in September and December.
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