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CONTENTS 



Chapter I page 



Preparation of wet and dry blood films. Fixing, stain- 

 ing, Romanowsky stain - i 



Chapter II 



Normal blood. Varieties of leucocytes. Platelets. 



Abnormal constituents 14 



Chapter III 



Forms of the malaria parasite commonly seen in blood 

 films. Rings, large forms, crescent and spherical 

 bodies. Pigment (melanin). Flagellation. Dis- 

 tinction of species, simple tertian, malignant tertian, 

 and quartan. Gametes 23 



Chapter IV 



Subsidiary signs of malaria. Pigmented leucocytes. 

 An increase in the percentage of large mononuclears. 

 Normal leucocytic values - 39 



Chapter V 



Examination of tissues. Smears. Simple apparatus 



for embedding in paraffin 43 



Chapter VI 

 Life history of malaria parasite. Explanation of terms 53 



Chapter VII 



Mosquitoes. Diptera. Life history of mosquitoes. 



Culicina and Anophelina. Capture of mosquitoes 58 



Chapter VIII 



Examination of eggs of Stegomyia, Culex, Taeniorhyn- 



chus, Anopheles, etc. - - 68 



Chapter IX 



Larva and nymph. Respiratory syphons of larva and 



nymph, generic, differences 74 



Chapter X 



Feeding mosquitoes on man ; on birds. Breeding out 



mosquitoes 94 



