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| No. | Age. | Condition of spleen. | Result of examination of slides of finger blood. |
| 1 | 4 years | I hand's breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Simple Tertian parasites. |
| 2 | 4 " | 3 fingers' breadth below costal margin. |
Negative. |
| 3 | 3 " | Palpable | Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 4 | 4 " | I hand's breadth below costal margin. |
Negative. |
| 5 | 4 " | Ditto | Positive. Malignant Tertian rings. |
| 6 | 3 " | Ditto | Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 7 | 3 " | 3 fingers' breadth below costal margin. |
Ditto. Ditto. |
| 8 | 3 " | I hand's breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Simple Tertian parasites . |
| 9 | 2 " | Ditto | Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 10 | 4 " | No enlargement detected | Ditto. Ditto. |
| 11 | 4 " | Palpable | Ditto. Ditto, |
| 12 | 3 " | 3 fingers' breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Crescents. |
| 13 | 4 " | No enlargement detected | Negative. |
| 14 | 2 " | Palpable | Positive. Crescents and Quartan parasites. |
| 15 | 10 months | To umbilicus | Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 16 | 1 ½ years | Palpable | Positive. Malignant Tertian rings and crescents. |
| 17 | 5 months | 1 finger's breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Malignant Tertian rings. |
| 18 | 2 years | 2 fingers' breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 19 | 15 months | Ditto | Positive. Malignant Tertian rings. |
| 20 | 2 years | Ditto | Positive. Quartan parasites. |
| 21 | 15 " | No enlargement detected | Positive. Simple Tertian parasites. |
| 22 | 5 " | 1 finger's breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Simple Tertian parasites. |
| 23 | 5 " | Not enlarged | Negative. |
| 24 | 9 " | 2 fingers' breadth below costal margin. |
Positive. Simple Tertian parasites. |
| 25 | 2 years | Ditto | Negative. |
Among the children of this village the spleen-rate per cent. was there-
fore 84 and the malarial endemic index was 80. It is interesting to note
also that Malignant Tertian parasites were present in 4 of the 20 positive
findings. If kala azar has any connection whatever with malaria, this is the
kind of village in which it should be especially prevalent.
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