Note on the Occurrence of Amœba Coli in Port Blair, Andaman Islands

Since 1859, when Lambl noted the occurrence of amcebse in human feces., but without attributing to them any pathogenic significance, these organisms have been repeatedly described and found associated with a considerable variety of diseases. Lewis and Cunningham, in 1870, found them accompanying affections of the large intestine; the following year Cunningham discovered that the stools of nearly 20 per cent of those suffering from cholera contained amoebse ; while in 1875 Losch, at St. Petersburgh, attributed to their presence an attack of acute ulcerative inflammation of the large intestine. Since the propounding of this theory by Losch, while many observers have lent their support to it, an almost equal number has opposed it. Many observations of the occurrence of amoebae in the stools of healthy persons have been put