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a ‘ peculiar reddish tinge or refraction about them 
(Fig. n). 
2. Grenations .—Focus alternately as dark and 
bright points. They have no clear ring outline 
(Fig. n). 
3. Platelets .—Appear as somewhat indistinct 
granular masses and do not possess the opaque white 
look of parasites. The 4 definiteness 5 of a parasite is 
one of its chief characters. 
Fig. 11. 1. Thin portion of film. 2. Thicker portion : {a) a 
distorted corpuscle with no pigment; ( h) a crescent with pigment. 
3. Crenated corpuscles. 4. Commencing crenation. 5. (c) Red 
cells with processes ; ( d) a male gamete with flagella and pigment. 
6. ( e) vacuoles ; (/) a crack ; {g} a young parasite with very fine 
pigment; (h) a segmenting parasite with central pigment mass 
4. Eye Spots. —Bi-convex in shape with a central 
dot representing the pupil. They are seen in normal 
blood, but have often been described as new varieties 
of parasites. 
5. Red Cells with Long Wavy Processes .—These 
are seen especially in anaemic bloods after the fresh 
