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Sambon, L. W. (Louis Westenra), 1865-1931.

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  • Victims of leprosy. Glass positive, ca. 1919.
  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
  • Victim of elephantiasis. Glass positive, ca. 1919.
  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
  • Elephantiasis in the right leg of an inhabitant of the West Indies. Photograph.

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By this person (24)
About this person (5)
    • Film

    The sleep of death.

    | Date: 1989
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

    Sambon, L. W. (Louis Westenra), 1865-1931. | Reference: 46546i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

    Sambon, L. W. (Louis Westenra), 1865-1931. | Reference: 46548i
    • Books

    The elucidation of sleeping sickness / by Dr. Louis Sambon.

    Sambon, L. W. (Louis Westenra), 1865-1931. | Date: 1904
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

    Sambon, L. W. (Louis Westenra), 1865-1931. | Reference: 46543i

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