Amebic Dysentery: Sugar Cane as a Possible Distribution Hazard
Authors: Mills Sturtevant
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 June 1931Amebic Dysentery: Sugar Cane as a Possible Distribution HazardMILLS STURTEVANT, M.D., F.A.C.P.MILLS STURTEVANT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-12-1598 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOccasional cases of amebic dysentery have been seen in large clinics in the United States for forty years1,2. Amebic dysentery has, however, been regarded until about fifteen years ago as a tropical disease.Since 1916 epidemics, sporadic cases, carrier cases, infected individuals who have never been out of their respective localities have all been reported from France3,4, England5,6,7, Canada8and the United States9,10,11. Three editorials have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association12,13,14, calling attention to reports of the disease in twenty-four states and suggesting that cases may be expected in any locality in the United States. Feder15,...References1 OSLER W: On the Amoeba Coli in Dysentery and in Dysenteric Liver Abscess. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 1:53 (May) 1890. Google Scholar2 LAFLEUR A: Demonstration of Amoeba Coli in Dysentery. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 1:91 (Sept.) 1890. Google Scholar3 RAVAUTKROLUNITSKY P: Amoebic Dysentery. Presse méd. 24:22, April 17, 1916. Google Scholar4 BLOCHMATLEI MC: Amoebiasis on French Front. Annales de Médicine. 5: 4, September, 1918. 374. Google Scholar5 WORSTER-PROUGHTROSEWARNE DD: Amoebic Dysentery in Man Who Had Never Left England. British Medical Journal, I, 2890, May 20, 1916. Google Scholar6 BAYLIS HA: Incidence of Endamoeba Histolytica. Lancet, I, 2, Jan. 11, 1919. Google Scholar7 SIMPSON AS: Amoebic Dysentery Contracted in England. Lancet, II, Sept. 4, 1926, 495. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 BATES : Abstr. in Jour. A. M .A . 86: 377, 1926. Google Scholar9 KOFOIDKORNHAUSERPLATE CASIJT: Intestinal Parasites in Overseas and Home Service Troops of the U. S. Army. Jour. A. M. A. 72: 1721, 1919. Google Scholar10 CORTMCDONALD WWJD: Amoebic Dysentery in California, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 25: 501, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 STILES CW: Public Health Status of Amoebic Dysentery in the United States as Potentially Influenced by World War. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 186: 377, 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 Jour. A. M. A. 76:21, May 21, 1921, 1405. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 Jour. A. M. A. 80: 9, March 3, 1923. Google Scholar14 Jour. A. M. A. 84:9, Feb. 28, 1925, 678. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 FEDER JM: Intestinal Amoebiasis, Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 12; Feb., 1927, 456. Google Scholar16 MUSSER JH: Amebiasis. American Journal of Med. Sci. 174: July, 1927, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 DOWLING GA: Amoebic Infection in the State of Washington. Jour. A. M. A. 81:20, Nov. 17, 1923, 1657. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 BROWN PW: The Nature, Incidence and Treatment of Endamebiasis. Jour. A. M. A. 86:7, Feb. 13, 1926, 457. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19 KAPLANWILLIAMSONGEIGER BCSJC: Amoebic Dysentery in Chicago. Jour. A. M. A. 88:13, March 26, 1927, 977. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20 CRAIG CF: The Symptomatology of Infection with Endameba Histolytica in Carriers. Jour. A. M. A. 88:1, Jan. 1, 1927, 19. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21 KESSELL JF: Host-Parasite Relationships of Certain Intestinal Protozoa Important to Medical Zoology. Jour. A. M. A. 90:14, April 7, 1928, 1089. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22 ACTONKNOWLES HWR: Dysenteries in India, Calcutta, 1928. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York*From the Department of Medicine, The University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University and The Third Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1931Volume 4, Issue 12Page: 1598-1600KeywordsDysenteryHospital medicineTropical diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...