The practical study of malaria : and other blood parasites / by J.W.W. Stephens and S.R. Christophers.

Date:
1904
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Credit: The practical study of malaria : and other blood parasites / by J.W.W. Stephens and S.R. Christophers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Chapter I page Preparation of wet and dry blood films. Fixing, stain- ing, Romanowsky stain - - - - x Chapter II Normal blood. Varieties of leucocytes. Platelets. Abnormal constituents - - - 14 Chapter III Forms of the malaria parasite commonly seen in blood films. Rings, large forms, crescent and spherical bodies. Pigment (melanin). Flagellation. Dis- tinction of species, simple tertian, malignant tertian, and quartan. Gametes - - - - 23 Chapter IV Subsidiary signs of malaria. Pigmented leucocytes. An increase in the percentage of large mononuclears. Normal leucocytic values - - - -39 Chapter V Examination of tissues. Smears. Simple apparatus for embedding in paraffin - - - - 43 Chapter VI Life history of malaria parasite. Explanation of terms 53 Chapter VII Mosquitoes. Diptera. Life history of mosquitoes. Culicina and dnophelina. Capture of mosquitoes - 58 Chapter VIII Examination of eggs of Siegomyia, Culex, 7'aeniorhyn- chus, Anopheles, etc. - - - - - 68 Chapter IX Larva and nymph. Respiratory syphons of larva and nymph, generic differences - Chapter X Feeding mosquitoes on man; on birds. Breeding out mosquitoes ------