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Caliban's curse -- Laveran's germ -- Ronald Ross, the unlikely hero -- Mosquito theory -- Follow the flagellum -- Diversions -- Bite -- Dapple-wing -- Mosquito day -- Flagellum caught -- Pigeons and sparrows -- Ross's cycle -- Roman quarrel -- Three lives of Plasmodium -- War of extermination -- Wherever economically possible -- Appreciation of the enemy -- Victory in Panama -- Italy and Koch's way -- Rockefeller and the American way -- Preference for pig -- Epidemic -- Toward total war -- Almost perfect insectiside -- Eradication -- India - model for the world -- Relapse.