A note on a new species of trypanosoma discovered in the blood of an Indian bullock at Singapore / by P. Scott Falshaw ; and notes by A. Lingard.
- Falshaw, P. Scott.
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: In copyright
Credit: A note on a new species of trypanosoma discovered in the blood of an Indian bullock at Singapore / by P. Scott Falshaw ; and notes by A. Lingard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[Reprinted from the Journal of Tropical Veterinary Science, Vol. II, Part II.] A NOTE ON A NEM SPjfiCtES OF TRYPANO- SOMA DISCOVERED IN THE BLOOD OF AN INDIAN BUI^BCK AT SINGAPORE. P. SCOTT FALSHAW, Chief Government Veterinary Surgeon, Singapore ; AND NOTES BY Professor A. LINGARD, m.b., Imperial Bacteriologist to the Government of India. During the month of January 1907, Mr. Scott Falshaw forwarded a blood film from an animal which died somewhat suddenly in Singapore to me in Bareilly, with the request “ that an opinion might be given with regard to the contained Trypanosoma, as no description of any mammalian trypano- soma approaching the size of this one could be found, except those described at page 251 in Laveran and Mesnil’s work, which latter do not correspond in form with the one sub- mitted for examination.” The history of the case as furnished, was as follows : “On the 21st December 1906 I ordered an Indian bullock (a long-horned, humped animal from Madras Presidency) to be discharged from the Municipal Infirmary for Animals. This bullock had been stopped by the P. C. A. Department, while working, on account of being overloaded and emaciat- ed. The animal while in the Infirmary refused the food (cooked rice, etc.), and the owner told me it was only used to sour uncooked rice dust in water, and asked to be allowed to take it home. The animal was then very weak and unable to walk ; no definite symptoms of any kind were noted. Just previous to its departure on the evening of the 21st I found it had a considerable rise in temperature, so took h](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2241664x_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
