Abstract
1. A brief account is given of the historical
aspect of dysentery, with regard to the clinical
picture, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
2. The comparative pathology of amoebic and
bacillary dysentery is based on the author's
personal examination of over twenty cadavera,
and several hundreds of stools.
The value of cytology in diagnosis is discuss:ed,
and the conclusion is arrived at that
differentiation between the two great types of
dysentery is possible by simple stool examination.
It is not claimed that this is a final means of
proof, but that, during the stress of war
conditions it should be employed as an adjunct... [page missing]
