INDIA. "-'I.'. 



one staining lightly and a small one staining intensely, 

 with the red coloring matter of Romanowsky's stain. 



"The two chromatin masses are usually situated oppo- 

 site to each other in the shorter axis of the parasite. 

 The large chromatin mass is situated near 

 what would he the hinge in the cockle-shell-shaped 

 forms and in the thicker end of the pear-shaped forms. 

 The body substance usually stains pink by the method 

 employed (fixation in alcohol and staining by watery 

 solutions of eosin and Romanowsky's blue). 

 Forms may be seen which appear to show division of 

 the bodies into two. Appearances showing both longi- 

 tudinal and transverse fission are seen. In the former 

 two pear-shaped bodies are found lying side by side. 

 The larger chromatin masses are situated in the thick 

 end of the pear and the small red bodies at the thinner 

 end, and the small chromatin mass may often be seen 

 undivided when the larger masses are widely separated." 



The discovery of the real parasitic cause of splenic 

 enlargement and anemia, such a common and very fatal 

 disease in India, will, it is to be hoped, soon lead the 

 way to a more successful treatment. 



The w^ork done in this, one of the newest fields in 

 pathology and bacteriology, by the officers of the Indian 

 Medical Service reflects great credit on that branch 

 of the British colonial service and' will undoubtedly 

 serve as a stimulant to others to blaze new pathways in 

 the as yet but imperfectly explored wdlderness of tropic- 

 diseases, tropic medicine and tropic surgery. 



Biuxdisi, Italy, Sept. 30, 1904. 



