

Fig. 40. Diagrammatic representation of the life-cycle of the malarial parasite 

 of pernicious malaria. 1-6. The schizogonous cycle shewing successive 

 stages in growth from the young ring form (i) up to the fully-grown 

 parasite (4) in whicii the nucleus has divided. 5 and 6. Division of the 

 body of the parasite to form the merozoites. 7. A single merozoite, whicli 



