Vaginal Trichomoniasis in the Pregnant Woman

Comparative Pathogenicity of Trichomonas vaginalis and Trichomonas gallinae to Mice. II. Histopathology of Subcutaneous Lesions

“…The ingestion of leukocytes by trichomonads has been reported by several workers (Schmid and Kamniker, 1925;Wenrich, 1931;Bland et al, 1931Bland et al, , 1932 and has been seen by the authors in other material. However, it was not observed in this series.…”

“…No clear division of parasites within leukocytes was observed in this current material. The ingestion of trichomonads by polymorphonuclear leukocytes in both natural and experimental infections has been reported previously by many authors including Brumpt (1913), Wenrich (1931, 1939), Bland et al (1931, 1932, Stabler (1941), Vajda (1959), and Frost et al (1961). Thus, it is not at all surprising that this occurrence was very common in the presently examined preparations.…”

Symptoms of Viosterol Overdosage in Human Subjects

“…Apparently such subjects become tolerant in certain respects after a rest period. Viosterol 10,000 X has been administered to more than 300 human subjects during the past three years for a variety of purposes. Of this number, 230 had hay fever and asthma, fourteen had postoperative para¬ thyroid tetany, and the remainder, including several apparently normal subjects, comprised a group with a variety of conditions.…”

“…There is a prac¬ tical criticism that may be made of his work; namely, that the method of measurement of blood pressure employed is not reliable. Viosterol 10,000 X has been administered to twentythree subjects 50 years of age or over. One of these was a woman, aged 72, who ingested 20 drops, or 600,000 international units, daily over a period of four months.…”

“…That viosterol in suffi¬ ciently high dosage may produce one or the other of these conditions is possible. The amount necessary to produce either condition in the human subject has never 10 been determined. If conclusions may be drawn from results in dogs, there has never yet been given to any human subject enough viosterol to produce either calci¬ fication or medial fibrosis within the periods of time reported.…”