Front Matter....Pages I-XV Intestinal Bacterial Infections....Pages 1-26 Non-Intestinal Bacterial Infections in Tropical Regions....Pages 27-66 Spirochaetal and Leptospiral Diseases....Pages 67-101 Rickettsial Diseases and Bartonellosis....Pages 103-125 Tropical Mycotic Diseases....Pages 127-212 Tropical Non-Treponemal Venereal Diseases and Trachoma....Pages 213-226 Arbovirus and other Virus Diseases in the Tropics Excluding the Viral Encephalitides....Pages 227-254 Encephalitis and other Nervous Disorders in the Tropics....Pages 255-270 Amoebiasis....Pages 271-297 Other Protozoal Diseases Gaining Entry Through the Bowel....Pages 299-318 Malaria....Pages 319-349 Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis....Pages 351-398 Mycobacterial Infections in the Tropics (Excluding Tuberculosis)....Pages 399-424 Cestode Infections....Pages 425-456 Nematode Diseases I....Pages 457-509 Nematode Diseases II (Filarial Diseases)....Pages 511-559 Schistosomiasis....Pages 561-595 Fascioliasis, Heterophyiasis and other Fluke Diseases....Pages 597-610 Clonorchiasis and Paragonimiasis....Pages 611-632 Cardiovascular Diseases in the Tropics....Pages 633-647 Blood Diseases in the Tropics....Pages 649-666 Cirrhosis and other Liver Disorders....Pages 667-681 Malnutrition and Disorders of Intestinal Malabsorption....Pages 683-702 Neoplastic Disease in the Tropics....Pages 703-721 Diseases of Uncertain Aetiology and Environmental Diseases in the Tropics....Pages 723-751 Back Matter....Pages 753-767 General pathology works nomothetically, whereas specific pathology works idiographically. Modern pathological anatomy on the other hand seeks to rise above the level of merely gathering data and to proceed to a practical knowledge of defined pathological aspects and patterns. jEAN MARTIN CHARCOT's con ception of the entite morbide as the abstract basis of nosologically independent phenomena is paradigmatically corroborated in an especially impressive way by the study of tropical diseases. And so the idea suggested itself that we should present the main pathological patterns from tht; fielq. of tropical pathology with particular reference to their interconnection. We s~on came to the firm con clusion that such a compilation could be success_iully ~undertaken only by a pathologist from the English-speaking world. The. classic practical knowledge of our British colleagues, which has matured in world-wide experience, would be bound to find its ideal verification here. And so we turned for help to our friend Prof. WALTER PAGEL (Dr. med., Dr. h. c. Basle, Dr. h. c. Heidelberg) in London. He immediately referred us to Prof. HERBERT SPENCER. That we managed to enlist the help of Professor SPENCER is entirely due to Professor PAGEL's kind offices. We owe the fact that the undertak ing has been completed in relatively so short a time to Professor SPENCER's exceptional knowledge both of his subject and of the field-workers themselves
