Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

Hygiene in China: the ten parasites. Colour lithographs, 1952.

Malaria parasites in the tissues of anopheles mosquitoes, as seen through a microscope. Colour lithograph by W. Griggs after R. Fielding-Ould, ca. 1905.

Malaria parasites seen through a microscope. Colour lithograph after R. Fielding-Ould, ca. 1905.

1 painting : gouache, on prepared board ; image 28.4 x 22.2 cm

10 prints : lithographs, printed in colours ; sheets approximately 77 x 52.3 cm

The parasites of man, and the diseases which proceed from them : a text-book for students and practitioners / by Rudolf Leuckart ; translated from the German, with the co-operation of the author, by William E. Hoyle.

On human entozoa : comprising the description of the different species of worms found in the intestines and other parts of the human body, and the pathology and treatment of the various affections produced by their presence : to which is added a glossary of the principal terms employed / by Wm. Abbotts Smith.

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Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

Hygiene in China: the ten parasites. Colour lithographs, 1952.

The parasites of man, and the diseases which proceed from them : a text-book for students and practitioners / by Rudolf Leuckart ; translated from the German, with the co-operation of the author, by William E. Hoyle.

Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

Parasites

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Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

Hygiene in China: the ten parasites. Colour lithographs, 1952.

The parasites of man, and the diseases which proceed from them : a text-book for students and practitioners / by Rudolf Leuckart ; translated from the German, with the co-operation of the author, by William E. Hoyle.

Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

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