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of parasites usually exhibited two nuclei already differentiated; 

 it was somewhat rare to find only one '^nucleus" in small 

 forms, and then the single chromatin mass was polar, as 

 figured by Laveran and Nicolle (3). 



Having noted the principal t3'pes of chromatin distribution 



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in Uicsc and I'ullowing tcxt-fimiros llie dense clironiaUn masses of a 

 parasite are represented black; liie loose cliruniatiu is shaded. The 

 cjtoplasm is diagraniniatically indicated by small dols, more closely 

 aggregated and deejjly marked where the cytoplasm was more dec|)ly 

 stained. Very faintly-stained areas and vacuoles are left clear. 

 Intra-corpuscular parasites are figured inside more or less circular 

 areas, representing tiic outlines of iid'ectcd red blood-corpuscles. 



in intra- corpuscular })yriforni pairs, a Few words are necessary 

 regarding the inter-relation of the three chromatin masses 

 already mentioned. There is sometimes a bridge of some- 



