TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Preface. . 



PART 1. PROTOZOA PARASITIC IN MAN 



1. Introduction to the Protozoa 11 



2. Blood Inhabiting Protozoa of Man 11 



A. Organisms that cause malaria in man. 1. Classifica- 

 tion. 2. Life history. 3. Distinguishing features of 

 the three species of Plasmodium occurring in man. 

 4. Methods of making films for the diagnosis of ma- 

 laria. Special literature on malaria 11 



' B. Organisms that cause trypanosomiasis (sleeping sick- 

 ness and Chagas' disease) in man. 1. Classification. 

 2. Description of species. 3. Methods of diagnosis. 

 Special literature on trypanosomiasis 18 



C. Organisms that cause leishmaniasis in man. 1. Class- 

 ification. 2. Description of species. 3. Methods of 

 diagnosis. Special literature on leishmaniasis 19 



3. Intestinal Protozoa of Man 21 



A. Methods of fecal diagnosis of intestinal protozoa. 1. 



Donaldson's iodin-eosin smear method. 2. Cropper 

 and Row's concentration method. 3. Schaudinn's 

 ^alcoholic sublimate iron-haematoxylin method. Spe- 

 cial literature on methods of diagnosis of intestinal 

 protozoa 21 



B. Intestinal Entamoebae of man. 1. Classification. 2. 



Species. 3. Distinguishing features (a) of motile 

 stages and (b) of cysts. 4. Distinguishing features 

 of cysts of intestinal amoebae of man; (a) Entamoeba 

 histolytica. (b) Entamoeba coli. (c) Endolimax nana. 

 Special literature on Entamoebae 23 



C. Intestinal Flagellates of man. 1. Classification. 2. 



Description of species, (a) Trichomonas hominis. (b) 

 Chilomastix mesnili. 3. Methods of diagnosis. Spe- 

 cial literature on intestinal flagellates 31 



D. Intestinal Coccidia of man. 1. Classification. 2. De- 



scription of species, (a) Isosporahominis. (b) Eimeria 

 wenyoni. 3. Methods of diagnosis. Special litera- 

 ture on Coccidia 34 



