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Elephantiasis, Filarial

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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.

Catalogue

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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.

    Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914. | Date: 1866
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    A woman of Martinique with her left breast greatly enlarged by disease. Photograph.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 750036i
    Part of: Parasitic diseases: patients and pathology. Lantern slides.
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    Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

    | Date: 1947
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    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.

    Caddell, Walter, 1738-1797. | Date: 1800
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    The PacELF way towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis from the Pacific, 1999-2005 / prepared by PacELF ; [Kazuya Ichimori (editor in chief)].

    | Date: 2006
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