108 PLASMODIUM MALARIA 



small and actively amoeboid. The sporulating body 

 consists of six to eight very small spores. 



The Malignant resembles the Benign Tertian, but 

 is smaller, does not cause hypertrophy of the red 

 cells, and has fewer (10-12) spores, arranged in 

 irregular heaps and rarely found in the peripheral 

 blood. 



