Trypanosoma and Trypanosomiasis, with Special Reference to Surra in the Philippine Islands baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...very susceptible to inoculation and run a regular course. Kanthuck, Durham, and Blandford inoculated a monkey with 2V. brucei. During the two weeks of its illness parasites were constantly present. The post-mortem examination showed advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. Nocard subcutaneously inoculated an old monkey with several drops of blood from a nagana mouse. He gives the incubation period as four days and the duration of the disease as fifteen days. Parasites were very numerous throughout its course and at the time of death exceeded the red blood cells in number. The principal symptoms were high temperature, edema of the eyelids and pockets, and dejection of spirit. Sivori and Lecler give the incubation period in "surra americain" as three days, followed by death about the sixth day. The temperature is high at first, and just before death drops to 36 C. Anemia is rapid and progressive.. The appetite remains good. Toward the end there is some drowsiness, followed by death in coma. The post-mortem examination shows an enlarged spleen with dark-red pulp, edema of the lungs, and a small quantity of citrine liquid in the serous sacs. Voges says that monkeys (Nictipitechus felinus) inoculated with Tr. equinum succumbed to the disease. Several observers in India have shown monkeys to be susceptible by inoculation to the surra of that country; they have also been proved capable of contracting dourine. Monkeys have been extensively used in our work, and the following statements are based upon the clinical and post-mortem study of a large number of these animals. In the course of this investigation the blood of hundreds of monkeys from all parts of the Islands, from infected areas and from those not infected, has been examined; and only once has a naturall...