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Amidst a c haos o f r adically d istinct i dioms c urrent amongst the surrounding indigenous populations, they have everywhere preserved a remarkable degree of linguistic uniformity, all speaking various more or less divergent dialects of the same mother-tongue. — from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane
—Regarding the remarks on c occidiosis o r “r ed d ysentery” i n c attle on p. 147 , it may be added that Schultz 1269 (July, 1915) has found the malady among cattle in the Philippine Islands. — from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald
267 Echinostomidæ , 267 — morphology, 233 Echinostominæ , 267 — morphology, 233 Ectoparasites, 1 — permanent, changes in, 3 Ectoplasm of protozoa, 25 , 26 — — substances deposited in, 26 Ectoschiza, 135 Eczema due to head louse infection, 709 , 710 — following infection by crab louse, 712 — occupational, diagnosis from scabies, 706 — peri-anal and perineal, set up by migrations of Oxyuris vermicularis , 695 — purulent, following infection by ancylostomes, 684 — resulting from clothes louse infection, 711 — set up by infection with Dermanyssus gallinæ , 703 — — by Leptus autumnalis , 702 Ehrenberg, Spirochæta plicatilis , 114 Ehrlich’s acid hæmatoxylin, 751 Eimer, researches on coccidia, 136 Eimeria, 142 — avium , causal agent of white diarrhœa or white scour in fowls, and blackhead in turkeys, 145 — — cause of fatal epizootics among game birds and poultry, 142 Eimeria avium , infection by, method of, 145 — — life-cycle of, 142–145 — — — period, 144 , 145 — — — phases, 142–144 — — merozoites of, 143 — — microgametes and macrogametes of, 143 , 144 — — relation to E. stiedæ , 145 — — sporozoites of, 143 — — trophozoites of, 143 — falciformis , 136 — ( Coccidium ) schubergi , life-cycle of, 138–141 — hominis , 150 — — bodies described as, 150 — stiedæ , ascribed c ause o f “r ed d ysentery” i n c attle, 147 — — host of, 7 , 145 — — oöcysts of, 142 , 146 — — parasitic in rabbit and occasionally in man, 145 , 148 — — schizogony, 147 — — — — effects, 147 — — synonyms, 145 — — see also Coccidiosis — synonyms, 142 Eimeridea, 141 , 742 Electrolytic needle, application in creeping disease, 731 Elephantiasis arabum from Filaria bancrofti infection, sites of body affected by, 677 — — — — — symptoms, 677 — — — — — treatment, 677 — scroti in filariasis, 402 Ellermann, rhizopods in poliomyelitis acuta, 46 Elmassian, discovery of Entamœba minuta , 42 — — of trypanosomes in “mal de caderas,” 68 Embryophore of tapeworms, 298 Emetine and vaccine treatment combined in pyorrhœa alveolaris, 620 — hydrochloride in flagellate dysentery, 625 — — in treatment of amœbic dysentery, 618 , 619 — in oral endamœbiasis, 620 Emily, expulsion of guinea worm, 676 — method of extraction of Dracunculus medinensis , 389 Endamœba, 31 , 34 , 734 — see also Entamœba Endamœbiasis, oral, 620 — — treatment, 620 Endermol, application in scabies, 707 Endoparasites, 1 — intermediate generations invading intermediate hosts, 5 — — hosts of, 5 — young of, leaving host or organ of host inhabited by parents, 5 Endophlebitis set up by Schistosoma hæmatobium , 274 , 275 Endoplasm of protozoa, 25 , 26 — — substances deposited in, 26 Endoschiza, 135 Endotoxins in Trypanosoma equiperdum , 98 Endotrypanum schaudinni , 99 Enemata, in evacuation of Oxyuridæ , 697 Entamœba, 31 , 734 — africana , see under Entamœba tetragena — buccalis , 43 , 734 — — association with cancer of oral cavity, 43 — — — with dental caries, 43 — — — with pyorrhœa alveolaris, 43 , 734 — — characters, 43 — — possible relation of E. pulmonalis to, 40 — bütschlii , 34 — coli , 32 , 618 , 733 — — characters, 33 — — cysts of, 33 — — — in normal fæces, 33 — — encystment process, 33 — — — — cytological changes during, 33 — — how distinguished from E. histolytica , 34 , 40 , 733 — — life-cycle of, 32 , 33 — — non-pathogenic and non-culturable, 618 — — parasite of human intestine, 618 — — may be present in bacillary dysentery, 38 — — schizogony of, 32 , 33 — — so-called autogamy of, 34 — — sporogony of, 32 , 33 — gingivalis , 733 — — synonyms, 734 — hartmanni , 34 — histolytica , 32 , 34 , 45 , 618 , 733 — — causal agent of amœbic dysentery, 35 — — changes in intestine produced by, 35 — — characters, 34 , 35 — — cysts of, permanent, injection producing infection, 37 — — dysentery following experimental infection with, 618 — — how distinguished from E. coli , 34 , 40 , 733 — — present in large intestine, 38 — — producing liver abscess, 35 , 620 — — sporulation of (so-called), 37 — — and E. coli , differences between, 34 , 40 , 733 — — — — mixed infection, 38 — — and E. tetragena , identity of, 38 , 40 , 41 — hominis , 42 — kartulisi , 44 , 734 — — association with dental caries, 44 — maxillaris , 734 — — from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald
They c onsist o f r eservoirs d ivided i nto c ompartments with planks, in which the sea-water, renewed every day, deposes its slimy sediment. — from The Yser and the Belgian Coast: An Illustrated History and Guide by Pneu Michelin (Firm)
There it seems like the very happiness of nature—a pause between the burning passions of meridian day and the dark, sorrowing loneliness of night; but in London on it c omes, o r r ather d own i t c omes, like the mystic medium in a pantomime—it is a thing that you will not gaze on for long; and you rush instinctively from daylight to candle-light. — from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various
I felt the c harm o f R ussia d irectly I c rossed the frontier; and after a three weeks’ stay there I was so bitten by it that I resolved firstly to learn Russian, and, secondly, to go back there as soon as I could. — from The Puppet Show of Memory by Maurice Baring
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