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Maggots

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Images from the collections

Images about Maggots

3 images from works
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.

Works from the collections

5 works

    • Audio

    Murder, magic and medicine. Part 2, Blood suckers and flesh eaters.

    | Date: 2001
    • Books

    Honey, mud, maggots, and other medical marvels : the science behind folk remedies and old wives' tales / Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein.

    Robert Root-Bernstein | Date: 1997
    • Pictures

    The plague of lice (or maggots) Wood engraving by Hermann Fechenbach, ca. 1930.

    Hermann Fechenbach | Date: [1930?] | Reference: 525613i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.

    Carson, Rosemary, 1962- | Date: 1997 | Reference: 546554i
    • Audio

    Therapeutic use of maggots and larvae.

    | Date: 2000

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