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Dracunculus (Nematoda)

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

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 28650i
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    Concerning the structure and reproduction of the guinea worm (Filaria medinensis L.) / Aleksej Pavlovich Fedchenko.

    Fedchenko, A. P. (Aleksiei Pavlovich), 1844-1873. | Date: 1971
  • view Three flowering plants, possibly including a lily and a species of Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.
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    Three flowering plants, possibly including a lily and a species of Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 28653i
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    Extracts from a correspondence on the Filaria medinensis among some of the medical officers in the Honourable East India Company's service at Bombay : with a letter / from Dr. Robert Grant.

    | Date: 1831
  • view The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.
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    The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.

    Malie, Thomas, approximately 1700-approximately 1789. | Date: [1730?] | Reference: 11914i
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