Report of first expedition to South America, 1913. Members of the expedition- Richard P. Strong (and others) (1915) (14778101761)

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Title: Report of first expedition to South America, 1913. Members of the expedition: Richard P. Strong (and others)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Harvard Medical School. Dept. of Tropical Medicine Strong, Richard Pearson, 1872-
Subjects: Medical geography -- South America Tropics -- Diseases and hygiene
Publisher: Cambridge Harvard University Press
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ules Rocha-Lima observed in the degenerating cells were parasites isgiven. It seems remarkable that he should draw such sweep-ing conclusions regarding the etiology of this disease from thestudy of one case observed late in the course of the disease. Finally Cole ^ studied histologically the lesions of a case ofverruga observed in Jadassohns clinic in Berne, and alsothose produced in monkeys by inoculation with verrugamaterial. He concludes that as the other granulomata —tuberculosis, syphilis, sporotrichosis, actinomycosis, etc., havetheir own significant histological changes, so also does verrugaperuviana, belonging to the same class, have its own character-istic microscopical picture. It is characterized by a dilatationof the lymph vessels and a choking of their lumina with mono-and polymorphonuclear leucocytes; also by an infiltrationaround these vessels of plasma cells, fibroblasts, mononuclear 1 Cole: Arch, internal nied., 1912, x, G68. J. Cutan. Dis., N. Y., 1913, xxxi, 38-4.
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