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Sporulating Forms 
Besides the sporulating forms or segmenting forms, 
we can recognize also the presegmenting forms, in 
which the pigment begins to collect into a single mass 
and the chromatin gets split into a number of frag¬ 
ments. These are even commoner than the final or 
sporulating forms, in which the segments or spores are 
arranged around a central mass of pigment, though 
frequently here also the appearances do not correspond 
with the diagrammatic exactitude of the text-books. 
The segmenting and presegmenting forms are best seen 
in a case of regular quartan. 
Fig. 8. i. 
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4 - 
Quartan Parasites : segmenting forms 
Simple Tertian „ 
Malignant Tertian „ 
Quotidian {after Ziemann) „ 
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Malignant Tertian Sporulating Forms.- —Rarely 
seen in the circulation. There are eight to ten 
chromatin masses (Fig. 8). 
Simple Tertian Sporulating Forms.- —Here the 
whole parasite mass is larger, and fifteen or more 
chromatin segments can be distinguished (Fig. 8). 
Quartan Sporulating Forms. —The pigment is 
placed centrally or often laterally, and grouped around 
it can be seen several, six to eight, chromatin masses. 
