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Lantern slides

Slide for a magic lantern

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Images from the collections

Images of Lantern slides

15 images from works
  • Organs of the human body. Gouache (?) on glass.
  • Elephantiasis in the right leg of an inhabitant of the West Indies. Photograph.
  • Trypanosomiasis: people with sleeping sickness lying on the ground. Photograph, 19--.
  • Ankylostomiasis: parents and ten children in the USA (?) with hookworm disease. Photograph, 1926.
  • The high potency of penicillin when first partially purified. Photograph, 194- (?).
  • A woman of Martinique with her left breast greatly enlarged by disease. Photograph.
  • A man with yaws. Photograph by Dr Jilkes.
  • One of the early patients to receive penicillin. Colour photograph, 194- (?).
  • Seven of the early researchers on penicillin. Photograph, 194- (?).
  • The high potency of penicillin when first partially purified. Photograph, 194- (?).
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Works from the collections

61 works

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    Mammals and birds. Coloured magic lantern slides.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 748220i
    Part of: Copper-plate slider.
    • Pictures

    The story of Robinson Crusoe. Coloured magic lantern slides.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1909-?] | Reference: 754446i
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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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    The story of Old Mother Hubbard. Coloured magic lantern slides.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 755098i
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    The story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves. Coloured magic lantern slides.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1909-?] | Reference: 754536i
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Related topics

Human behavior - Animal models
Yaws
Penicillins

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