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The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.

Three flowering plants, possibly including a lily and a species of Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Give sales a lift with Piprelix : the powerful remedy for roundworms.

Four flowering plants, possibly including species of Sisyrinchium and Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.

De filaria medinensi commentatio propriis observationibus illustrata / auctore Joh. Matth. Birkmeyero.

M0010859: Pair of African pattens worn as a protection against guinea-worm

Conquest of the parasites.

Du ver de Médine (filaria médinensis) / par Christo T. Stambolski.

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Dracunculus Nematode

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De filaria medinensi commentatio propriis observationibus illustrata / auctore Joh. Matth. Birkmeyero.

Four flowering plants, possibly including species of Sisyrinchium and Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.

M0010859: Pair of African pattens worn as a protection against guinea-worm

Conquest of the parasites.

Du ver de Médine (filaria médinensis) / par Christo T. Stambolski.