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Second Ashanti War, Gold Coast (Ghana): a British soldier resting beneath a mosquito net in a tropical landscape. Wood engraving, 1873.

A mosquito attempting to attack a mosquito net under which a mother and child sleep: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.

A giant mosquito trying to attack a French soldier who is protected by a mosquito net. Colour lithograph after H. Stephany, 1917.

The benefit of sleeping under a mosquito net. Chromolithograph by A. Guillaume.

A child asleep under a mosquito net and treating the net: malaria prevention in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, ca. 2000.

Brighton (near Pitch Lake), Trinidad: a mosquito net for head and neck is modelled by a man wearing a hat, with face exposed, standing on wooden steps. Photograph, 1900/1920.

Mosquito headnet with cap, modelled by a man smoking a pipe. Photograph, 1902/1918 (?).

Mosquito headnet with a cap, modelled by a man in profile smoking a pipe. Photograph, 1902/1918 (?).

A pregnant woman receiving anti-malaria medication and lying beneath a mosquito net: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.

Treatment guidelines for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, ca. 2000.

Cartoon showing effects of sleeping below a mosquito net.

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Brighton (near Pitch Lake), Trinidad: a mosquito net for head and neck is modelled by a man wearing a hat, with face exposed, standing on wooden steps. Photograph, 1900/1920.

Treatment guidelines for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, ca. 2000.

A pregnant woman receiving anti-malaria medication and lying beneath a mosquito net: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.

Cartoon showing effects of sleeping below a mosquito net.

The benefit of sleeping under a mosquito net. Chromolithograph by A. Guillaume.