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Excerpt from A Practical Study of Malaria While there is a number of good books on malaria, I believe there is a place for a work written by one engaged entirely in private practice largely in country districts, in the home of the severer forms of the disease. In the endeavor to make the work as practical as possible especial attention has been devoted to that mystic paramalarial syndrome, hemoglobinuric fever, and to the diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Prophylaxis has been considered in the light of Ross' epoch-making discovery. The parthenogenetic cycle of the parasite, whose significance was first recognized by Schaudinn, and which affords the only rational explanation of latency and relapse, is described for the first time, perhaps, in our language. While I have not hesitated to draw from the literature for the illustration of practical points, due credit is given in the reference portion. I am especially indebted to the works of Ewing, Dock, Barker, Marchiafava and Bignami, and Kelsch and Kiener for pathologic data. I am grateful to my wife for copying the manuscript and for assistance in reading the proof, to Mr. W. C. Seckler for the photographic work, and to the W. B. Saunders Co. for courtesies throughout the publication of the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.