The plasmœba of dengue : a brief description of the earliest phases of its plasmic characteristics / by H.A. Eberle.
- Eberle, H. A.
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The plasmœba of dengue : a brief description of the earliest phases of its plasmic characteristics / by H.A. Eberle. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![December 24, 1904.] tively, twenty-two and twenty-four years pre- viously, and both patients had followed a pro- tracted mercurial treatment. Five injections of antisyphilitic serum (10 c.c.) were administered a week apart to each one of the patients, but no change could be noted. Still, another case might be classed under this heading, that did prove more encouraging: Mr. C., broker, aged fifty-nine years, contracted syphilis twenty-five years ago. About 1897, four ulcers, presumably trophic, appeared, two upon the sole of each foot, and, in spite of all internal and external treatment, persisted for years. Over a year ago, symptoms of ataxia began to manifest themselves. Loss of reflex was first noticed, and this was soon followed by a few lightning pains and slight incoordination. On December 30, 1903, treatment was begun by an injection of Io c.c. of the antisyphilitic serum. January 3, 1904. The patient fell and broke his leg, which accident confined him to his bed for four weeks, and.to the house for two weeks longer. During all this time, injections of the serum were regularly made every seven days. At the end of four weeks the ulcers had completely healed, and the pains had subsided. For six months this patient has been up and at- tending to his usual business; there has been no recurrence of pains, no disposition toward a breaking down of the skin of the feet preceding a reformation of ulcers, and, what is still more re- markable, there seems to be a slight return of patellar reflex. Many circumstances in this case have contrib- uted to the favorable issue. First, the ataxia was in its incipiency ; second, the patient’s recumbent position in bed, caused by his accident; lastly, his excellent health and good habits were important factors that must not be ignored in the account of the case. : 500 FirrH AVENUE. ————$_++e——__—— Ladies’ Auxiliary for Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives Formed.—On December 8th, an auxiliary of the Free Hospital for Poor Consump- tives was organized by about fifty prominent club women. The object of the auxiliary is at pres- ent to assist in collecting funds for three new buildings; one at White Haven for cases not in- <ipient, but yet not hopeless; a second in the na- ture of a farm for convalescents; and a third in Philadelphia for moribund cases. Dr. Lawrence F. Flick made an address. The following officers were elected: Chairman, Mrs. William M. Kerr; first vice-chairman, Mrs. Talcot Williams; sec- ond vice-chairman, Mrs. M. Ravenel; secretary, Mrs. C. J. Hatfield; treasurer, Mrs. William M. Lybrand. Among those who joined the auxiliary were Mrs. J. Sparhawk Jones, Miss Tucker, Mrs. James Speer, Mrs. Elliot, Miss Benson, Miss Muir, Miss Ellis, Miss: Leidy, Miss Keating, Mrs. Aus- tin, Miss Austin, Mrs. C. E. Morris, Mrs. M. M. Arnold, Mrs. C. A. Steele, Mrs. Fetterolf, Mrs. C. Y. White, and Mrs. D. Edsall. 1207 THE PLASMCEBA OF DENGUE; A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE EARLIEST PHASES OF ITS PLASMIC CHAR- ACTERISTICS. By H. A. EBERLE, M. D., GREENSBORO, S. C., CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS. The island of the Sulu, or Jolo, one of the Philip- degrees north latitude; about seven hundred miles south of Manila. It is thirty-six miles long and about sixteen miles wide. The inhabitants are principally Moros, over whom reigns a sultan. The chief occupation of these Moros is fishing and for that purpose they live near the water, mostly upon the water, and fre- quently under the water, especially when pearl fishing. They are considered to be a hardy race, owing, no doubt, to their simple mode of living almost outdoors,-and to an exclusive diet of fish, fruit, and vegetables, as they abstain from stimulants and meats. From the best sources of information I have learned that these people are not prone to attacks from the almost prevailing endemic and sometimes epidemic dengue which sweeps the Amer- ican colony. — . The walled city of Jolo was built by Sefior Arolas, the Spanish governor, whose frequent “scraps” with the Moros gave him many prisoners, and to this captain general and his Moro prisoners we are indebted for the most beautiful little city in all the Philippine archipelago. ner ge But while the Spanish governor had an artistic brain in laying out a city with paved avenues, bor- dered, on either side with fragrant tropical trees, the Y’llang-Y’llang predominating, with open and cemented sewers and many public and private gar- dens, with fountains,-grottoes, and fragrant tropical plants, his honor, instead of choosing a beautiful plateau at the foot of a range of sublimely grand and picturesque mountains, with superb natural drainage, built his city principally upon the tidal mud flats. The governor may be excused if desire for his safety impelled him to encroach as little as possi- ble upon the territory of the savage Moro. In consequence of his selection, the city is only from two to five feet above the sea level, according to ebb or flood tide. Naturally we should conclude that the location would be extremely unhealthful, but such is not the case generally, except during the summer and early autumn months, when dengue is most prevalent. The prevalence of this disease in Jolo may be accounted for, first, in consequence of certain toxines which arise from the porous ground, used in cover-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33451953_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
