Paludism / by A. Laveran, translated by J. W. Martin.

  • Laveran, Alphonse, 1849-1922.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Paludism / by A. Laveran, translated by J. W. Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    CONTENTS. Introduction ........ CHAPTER I. Description of the haematozoon of paludism—^Different aspects iinclev which it is seen—Methods of examining the blood—Attempts at cultiva- tion and inoculation in animals ...... CHAPTER II. Researches subsequent to mine—The htematozoon of paludism has been dis- covered by a large number of observers—Remarkable agreement of the descriptions that have been given of it in all countries. CHAPTER III. The haematozoon which I have discovered in palustral blood is a sporozoon— Similar haematozoa exist in different animals, and principally in birds . CHAPTER IV. The haematozoon which I have described is the pathogenic cause of palu- dism—The para.sitic elements of palustral blood i-epresent the diffei-ent stages of the evolution of the same polymorphic haematozoon—Relation of these different stages to the febrile types . . . . CHAPTER V. In what form is the haematozoon of paludism found in external media, and how is the infection produced ?—Meteoric and telluric conditions which favour the development of paludism—Individual predisposing causes—Influence of race and age —Congenital paludism—Incubation— Pathology of the phenomena of paludism . . . .