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A standing man, full-length back view, with elephantiasis of the left leg and probably scrotum, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

Abyssinia: a naked man with elephantiasis owing to oedema of the lymph nodes in the right groin. Photograph, 1904.

Victim of elephantiasis. Glass positive, ca. 1919.

Woman, front view, probably with elephantiasis of the neck (or goitre?), Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.

A seated man, full-length front view, with elephantiasis of the left leg, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

A standing man, full-length side view, with elephantiasis of the left leg, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

Elephantiasis in the right leg of an inhabitant of the West Indies. Photograph.

Standing man, front view, probably with elephantiasis of the scrotum, Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.

The legs of a man, naked, with skin growths on his left hip and thigh, Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.

A standing man, full-length front view, with elephantiasis of the scrotum, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

A standing man, full-length front view, with elephantiasis of the left leg and scrotum, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

On a case of elephantiasis arabum (elephas) : successfully treated by the application of a ligature to the main artery of the limb : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant.

A woman of Martinique with her left breast greatly enlarged by disease. Photograph.

Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de morbo glandulari Barbadensi, quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate vice-cancellarii Archibaldi Davidson, S.S.T.P.P. et collegii Glasg. Praefecti ; nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto ; pro gradu doctoris, summisque in medicina honoribus ac privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis, in comitiis universitatis Glasguensis / eruditorum examini subjicit Gualterus Caddell.

The PacELF way towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis from the Pacific, 1999-2005 / prepared by PacELF ; [Kazuya Ichimori (editor in chief)].

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Elephantiasis, Filarial

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On a case of elephantiasis arabum (elephas) : successfully treated by the application of a ligature to the main artery of the limb : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant.

A woman of Martinique with her left breast greatly enlarged by disease. Photograph.

Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

The PacELF way towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis from the Pacific, 1999-2005 / prepared by PacELF ; [Kazuya Ichimori (editor in chief)].

Elephantiasis, Filarial

Images from the collections

Images referencing Elephantiasis, Filarial

Works from the collections

On a case of elephantiasis arabum (elephas) : successfully treated by the application of a ligature to the main artery of the limb : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant.

A woman of Martinique with her left breast greatly enlarged by disease. Photograph.

Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

The PacELF way towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis from the Pacific, 1999-2005 / prepared by PacELF ; [Kazuya Ichimori (editor in chief)].

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