PLATE VI 



THE LEISHMAN-DONOVAN BODIES 



Fig. I. — A rare form of the parasite without vacuole or 



secondary chromatin body. 

 Fig. 2. — Small form of parasite. 



Fig. 3. — Parasite with ' tail ' joining the chromatin masses. 

 Fig. 4. — Pear-shaped form. 



Fig. 5. — A large form with very large chromatin mass. 

 Fig. 6. — ^Tail-like structures distinct from that of Fig. 3. 

 Fig. 7-11. — Dividing forms. 



Fig. 12.' — Parasites in apparently altered blood cells. 

 Fig. 13. — Parasite in matrix, the remains of protoplasm of a 



leucocyte. 

 Fig. 14. — Parasites in bodies after treatment with hypotonic 



ammonium oxalate solution. 

 Fig. 15. — Parasites and pigment in apparently an altered red 



cell. 

 Fig. 16. — Parasites in a polynuclear leucocyte. 

 Fig. 17. — Parasites in a large mononuclear leucocyte. 

 Fig. 18. — Endothelial cell containing parasites, from the femoral 



vein. 

 Fig. 19. — A macrophage containing parasites. 

 Fig. 20. — Endothelial cell from testis with parasites. 

 Fig. 21. — Swollen endothelial cell from granulation tissue with 



parasites. 

 Fig. 22. — Necrotic macrophage from spleen with parasites. 

 Fig. 23. — A similar cell reduced to a mere pellicle' with 



parasites. 

 Fig. 24. — Section of liver shewing macrophages in the capillaries 



with parasites. 

 Fig. 25. — ^Young granulation tissue from an ulcer shewing two 



parasites. 



