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Dracunculus (Nematoda)

Images

  • 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.
  • Give sales a lift with Piprelix : the powerful remedy for roundworms.
  • Four flowering plants, possibly including species of Sisyrinchium and Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.
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Catalogue

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

    Birkmeyer, Johann Matthias. | Date: 1838
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    Four flowering plants, possibly including species of Sisyrinchium and Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 3338943i.52
    Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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    M0010859: Pair of African pattens worn as a protection against guinea-worm

    | Date: September 1948 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/96/26
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    Conquest of the parasites.

    | Date: 2009
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    Du ver de Médine (filaria médinensis) / par Christo T. Stambolski.

    Stambolski, Khristo Tanev, 1843-1932. | Date: 1896
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