A report on researches on sprue in Ceylon, 1912-1914.

  • Manson-Bahr, Philip Heinrich, Sir, 1881- 1966.
Date:
1915
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Credit: A report on researches on sprue in Ceylon, 1912-1914. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX XIV b Provisional classification of the genus Monilia and sources from which the organisms tcere obtained By their reactions after ten days incubation on solutions of the various sugars, it was found possible to classify the 106 yeasts, obtained from different sources belonging No. of times Type Glucose Laevulose Maltose Galactose Saccharose Mannite isolated A AG AG 11 B AG AG A 2 C AG AG AG 10 D AG AG AG A 10 E AG AG AG AG 14 F AG AG AG AG AG 17 G AG AG AG AG 20 H AG AG AG A AG 10 I A A A A 2 J AG AG AG AG 4 K A A A A 2 L AG AG AG AG A 2 M AG AG A A A 1 N AG AG A A 1 These were isolated from the following sources: (A) From the tongue, saliva and stool of sprue cases; the saliva of a case of chronic diarrhoea; the saliva of a native with a sore tongue; from a normal stool. (B) From the stools of chronic diarrhoea cases. (C) From the saliva and stools and from the intestines post-mortem of sprue cases; the saliva of cases of dysentery and chronic diarrhoea; normal saliva and tongue, and from a rabbit's organs injected with yeasts of type I. (D) From the saliva and stool and from the organs post-mortem of sprue cases; the saliva and tongue of chronic diarrhoea and from a case of thrush in an infant. (E) From the saliva, tongue and stool and from the ileum of sprue cases post-mortem. (F) From the saliva and stool and from the ileum post-mortem of sprue cases; tongue and stool of chronic diarrhoea; saliva and tongue of a native with a sore tongue; from cowdung, air, a normal stool and baker's yeast. (G) From the saliva, tongue and stool and from the organs and intestines post- mortem of sprue, normal saliva and stool, milk, air, two cases of thrush in infants and from rabbit's organs originally injected intravenously with types D and E. (H) From tongue, saliva and stools of sprue cases, a normal stool, a case of thrush in an infant and from the organs of a rabbit originally injected with yeasts of type E. (I) From saliva and from the ileum post-mortem of sprue cases. (J) From the saliva and stools of sprue cases. (K) Saliva and stool of sprue cases. (L) From stomach of sprue case post-mortem, and a chronic diarrhoea stool. (M) From sprue stool. (N) From the oesophagus of a case of amoebic dysentery recovered post-mortem.