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mononuclear forms are seen crowded with 

 granules, films should be stained with Ehrlich's 

 triacid stain, in order to accurately determine the 

 forms of leucocyte present. 



4. Frequently in malaria films (stained) 

 large open meshworks of nuclear matter are seen 

 with little or no surrounding protoplasm. These 

 are degenerated or dropsical, or, according to 

 others, mechanically damaged leucocytes, and 

 often occur in great numbers. 



5. Red Cells with LongWavy Processes. — These 

 are seen especially in anaemic bloods after the 

 fresh film has been under examination for some 

 time. They occasionally break off and float about. 

 Shorter and more granular processes emitted by 

 the red cell are even commoner. 



6. Further, we must point out an extra- 

 ordinary appearance of the red cells in stained 

 films, so far as we are aware not hitherto described. 

 In anaemic (malarial) bloods, we find red cells, ten, 

 thirty, or forty times the diameter of a normal 

 cell, and these huge swollen structures shew at 

 one side a crescentic area which is granular, and 

 is the only remaining part of the red cell that can 

 be recognized ; the remainder is practically un- 

 stained. These gigantic structures may or may 

 not be occupied by parasites. 



