Abstract
ABSTRACT Among the Hæmosporidia few genera are of greater interest to-day than Piroplasma. Its complete life-cycle is still unknown, yet “piroplasmosis” 1 is a dreaded malady which attacks many mammals, including man. In 1893 Smith and Kilborne (46) published their epoch-marking monograph on P. bigeminum, the parasite of Texas fever in cattle. According to Koch, this ranks as one of the three great discoveries in the ætiology of protozoal diseases, the other two being the discovery of the human malarial parasite by Laveran in 1882, and the Trypanosome of “Magana” by Bruce in 1895. ‘
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