ABSTRACT
Our knowledge of Malaria quite recent—Climatic Conditions producing it—West African Malarial Diseases—Intermittent and Remittent Fevers—Malarial Evolution of a European—Symptoms of Fever—Common Remittent—Ague—Pernicious forms—Black-water Fever—Its symptoms—Its Seasons—Nature of Malaria—Laveran’s Discovery—Confirmations—The Micro-organism of Malaria—Its Life-history—Stages of growth—The Spore—The Growing Form—The Adult—Relation of the Parasite to the Disease—Latency of the Parasite—Diffusion of the Organism—General Habits of Intra-corporeal Parasites—The Tape Worms—The Flukes—The Guinea Worm—Filaria Sanguinis Hominis—Flagellate Forms of the Parasite—Part played by the Mosquito—Mode of Diffusion of Spores—Conditions favourable to the Existence of the Parasite—Malaria probably increasing—Becoming more malignant—Treatment inefficient—Varying susceptibility of individuals.
