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THE HAEMOGREGARINES OF MAMMALS AND 
REPTILES; A REJOINDER TO DR SAMBON. 
By CAPTAIN W. S. PATTON, I.M.S. 
In a recent paper Dr Sambon (1909) has made a violent attack on 
me for my gentle reminder to him that he has overstepped the boundary 
of established truths regarding the haemogregarines, and has let his 
imagination run wild. As he still persists in maintaining his position 
I feel I am bound to expose his methods, and in the present paper I 
propose examining in some detail his recent observations on the 
haemogregarines, and at the same time dealing with his reply to my 
paper. 
I have read all of Dr Sambon’s (1908—9) papers on the haemo¬ 
gregarines carefully, and as far as I can gather his knowledge of them 
is chiefly based on the work of others, much of which he has wrongly 
interpreted as I shall point out later. He has in addition studied some 
haemogregarines from the following snakes : 
Python molurus one specimen infected 
P. spilotes „ „ „ 
Boa constrictor „ „ „ 
Corallus cookii „ „ „ 
Eryx conicus „ „ „ 
Tropidonotus fasciatus „ „ „ 
Pseudaspis cana „ „ „ 
Zamenis flagelliformis „ „ „ 
Coluber corals „ „ „ 
C. melanoleucus „ „ „ 
Coronella getula „ „ „ 
Psammophis sibilans „ „ „ 
Nam tripudians ,, „ „ 
Lachesis lanceolatus „ „ „ 
L. mutus ,, „ „ 
