Excerpt from Amoebic or Tropical Dysentery: Its Complimentary and Treatment For an accurate appreciation of the pathology of amoebic dysentery, a knowledge of the cardinal facts in the life-history of the specific organisms and of their relations to other intestinal protozoa is essential; and it is endeavoured in these pages to set forth as clearly as possible the outstanding features in the natural history of the entamoebae. But no attempt has been made to give a complete account of this important group, or to trespass on the domain of pure zoology, and only those events in the develop ment and reproduction of the parasites which have a direct bearing on amoebic dysentery have been fully considered. It is not pre tended that the biological section is more than a narrative of the prominent phenomena for which a special relation to a distinct morbid process is claimed; and, as far as possible, the intricacies of detailed zoological description, which occasionally tend to obscure medical issues, have been avoided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.