CONTENTS 

 PART I 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



Foundation of the Tropical Medicine Movement in 



England ......... 1 



CHAPTER H 



Growth of General and Applied Sanitation in the 



Tropics .. r ..-.,.. 12^ 



CHAPTER HI 

 Miasm, Tradition, and ^Prejudice 17 



CHAPTER IV 



The Forerunners of the Discoveries of the Mosquito 



Origin of Diseases 22 



CHAPTER V 



FiLARIA AND THE MoSQUITO : MaNSO,N*'s DisCOVERY , . 32 



CHAPTER VI 



The Discovery of the Parasite of Malaria in the blood 



OF MAN BY LaVERAN, AND OF ITS FURTHER DEVELOP- 

 , MENT AND PASSAGE THROUGH THE MOSQUITO BV RoSS . 3& 



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