PLATE IV 
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 wdth ‘ 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 w r ith 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. 
