Vivid medical and zoological drawings by the prolific illustrator and entomologist A J E Terzi (1872–1956).

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Three researchers outside the British experimental hut set up near Ostia to verify the mosquito-malaria theory. Coloured photograph of a pen drawing by A. Terzi, ca. 1900.

A.J.E. Terzi and L.W. Sambon : early Italian influences on Patrick Manson's 'Tropical medicine', entomology, and the art of entomological illustration in London / Lise Wilkinson.

A tick (Ixodes reduvius). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The male human flea (Pulex irritans). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva and fly of the sheep-nostril-fly (Oestrus ovis). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva and fly of a house fly (Musca domestica). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

A ventral aspect of the female fowl argas (Argas persicus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

The larva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga species). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919.

A tick (Argas persicus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The pupa of a tsetse fly (Glossina palpalis). Coloured pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A tick (Amblyomma hebraem). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva and fly of Chrysomyia macellaria. Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva of the ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919.

A tick (Ornithodurus moubata). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The sheep nostril fly (Oestrus ovis). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A woman suffering from chronic pellagra with dermatitis on her hands, neck and face. Watercolour by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1925.

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Amedeo John Engel Terzi

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The larva of the ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919.

A tick (Ornithodurus moubata). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The sheep nostril fly (Oestrus ovis). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A woman suffering from chronic pellagra with dermatitis on her hands, neck and face. Watercolour by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1925.

Amedeo John Engel Terzi

Images from the collections

Images by Amedeo John Engel Terzi

Images featuring Amedeo John Engel Terzi

Works from the collections

The larva of the ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919.

A tick (Ornithodurus moubata). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The sheep nostril fly (Oestrus ovis). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A woman suffering from chronic pellagra with dermatitis on her hands, neck and face. Watercolour by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1925.

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