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Worms as carriers of disease

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  • Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • A parasitic nematode (Filaria immitis) and its vector, the mosquito (Myzomyia superpicta). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • Treatment of worms in animals in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
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    Vermiculars destroyed : with an historical account of worms, collected from the best authors as well ancient as modern, proved by that admirable invention of the microscope : with directions for the taking those most famous medicines, intituled Pulvis Benedictus, etc. : also diagnostick signs of worms and signs of health in children, with the various causes of vermiculars / by R.C., chymist.

    R. C. (R. Clark) | Date: [1691?]
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    Vermiculars destroyed : with an historical account of worms, collected from the best authors as well ancient as modern, and expe[r]iments [pr]oved by that admirable invention of the microscope : with directions for the taking those most famous medicines, intituled Pulvis Benedictus, &c. : also diagnostick signs of worms and signs of health in children, with the various causes of vermiculars / by R.C., chymist.

    R. C. (R. Clark) | Date: 1690
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    A parasitic nematode (Filaria immitis) and its vector, the mosquito (Myzomyia superpicta). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

    Terzi, A. J. E. (Amedeo John Engel), 1872-1956. | Reference: 41498i
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    Treatment of worms in animals in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 755672i
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    Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.

    | Reference: 16335i
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