Human disease: tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue; primarily affects children

A man with yaws. Photograph by Dr Jilkes.

A man with yaws: head and neck. Photograph by L.W. Sambon.

A man with yaws: head and chest. Photograph by Dr Jilkes.

59 pages, 39 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Handbook of endemic treponematoses : yaws, endemic syphilis, and pinta / Peter L. Perine [and others].

26 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Grundlagen und Erfolge der Chemotherapie / von Paul Ehrlich.

Grandeurs et misères de l'éradication des maladies infectieuses / par L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

Bibliography on yaws, 1905-1962 = bibliographie du pian, 1905-1962.

A comparative study of two yaws endemics in South-West Borneo / door Nicolaas Martinus van der Hoff.

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Yaws

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Handbook of endemic treponematoses : yaws, endemic syphilis, and pinta / Peter L. Perine [and others].

Grundlagen und Erfolge der Chemotherapie / von Paul Ehrlich.

Grandeurs et misères de l'éradication des maladies infectieuses / par L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

Bibliography on yaws, 1905-1962 = bibliographie du pian, 1905-1962.

A comparative study of two yaws endemics in South-West Borneo / door Nicolaas Martinus van der Hoff.

Yaws

Images from the collections

Images about Yaws

Works from the collections

Handbook of endemic treponematoses : yaws, endemic syphilis, and pinta / Peter L. Perine [and others].

Grundlagen und Erfolge der Chemotherapie / von Paul Ehrlich.

Grandeurs et misères de l'éradication des maladies infectieuses / par L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

Bibliography on yaws, 1905-1962 = bibliographie du pian, 1905-1962.

A comparative study of two yaws endemics in South-West Borneo / door Nicolaas Martinus van der Hoff.

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