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Photomicrographs

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13 images from works
  • Malarial infection: a cross-section of blood cells (from the work of Alphonse Laveran). Photograph, ca. 1890.
  • The sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes: longitudinal section of abdomen. Photomicrograph, 1900/1950.
  • The sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes, the transmitter of kala-azar disease, feeding on a mammal. Photomicrograph, 1900/1950.
  • Blood corpuscles of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.
  • Spermatozoa of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.
  • Four kidney sections showing the kidney affected by yellow fever. Photograph, 1920/1950 (?).
  • Human milk. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.
  • Blood corpuscles of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.
  • Yellow fever: section of brain of a patient infected with yellow fever. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).
  • Rouleaux of blood corpuscles. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Images about Photomicrographs

3 images from works
  • Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM
  • Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM
  • Vanillin crystals, LM

Works from the collections

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15 works

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    Uric acid crystals. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

    Foucault, Léon, 1819-1868. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 578816i
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    Trypanosomiasis: microscopic view of brain (?) tissue. Photograph, ca. 1930.

    | Date: 1930 | Reference: 571118i
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    • Online

    Spermatozoa of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

    Foucault, Léon, 1819-1868. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 578814i
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    • Online

    Spermatozoa of a mouse. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

    Foucault, Léon, 1819-1868. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 578805i
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    Rouleaux of blood corpuscles. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

    Foucault, Léon, 1819-1868. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 578809i

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