text_original: It is generally held that elephantiasis arabum, ordinary tropical elephantiasis, is one of the several diseases caused by the filaria. It may be so. I believe it to be so, but I 220 PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL MEDICINE. am bound to confess that the evidence for this belief, though strong, is not absolutely conclusive.
text_transcription: IT IS GENERALLY HELD THAT ELEPHANTASIS OR RABUM ORDINARY TROPICAL ELEPHANTISIS IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL DISEASES CAUSED BY THE FALRIA IT MAY BE SO I BELIEVE IT TO BE SO BUT I AM BOUND TO CONFESS THAT THE EVIDENCE FOR THIS BELIEF THOUGH STRONG IS NOT ABSOLUTELY CONCLUSIVE
phonemes: ɪɾ ɪz dʒˈɛnɚɹəli hˈɛld ðæt ˌɛlɪfˌænʃɪˈɑːsiz ˈæɹæbəm, ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi tɹˈɑːpɪkəl ˌɛlɪfˌænʃɪˈɑːsiz, ɪz wˈʌn ʌvðə sˈɛvɹəl dɪzˈiːzᵻz kˈɔːzd baɪ ðə fɪlˈɛɹiə. ɪt mˈeɪ biː sˈoʊ. aɪ bᵻlˈiːv ɪt təbi sˈoʊ, bˌʌt aɪ tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti pɹˈɑːbləmz ɪn tɹˈɑːpɪkəl mˈɛdəsən. æm bˈaʊnd tə kənfˈɛs ðætðɪ ˈɛvɪdəns fɔːɹ ðɪs bᵻlˈiːf, ðˌoʊ stɹˈɔŋ, ɪz nˌɑːt ˌæbsəlˈuːtli kəŋklˈuːsɪv.