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  • Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.
  • The manager of a hotel discusses the extermination of bedbugs with a lady. Wood engraving by 'Henriot' (H. Maigrot).
  • The male tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
  • A man using RIPA insecticide to kill bedbugs and get a good night's sleep. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900.
  • The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
  • The female tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
  • The tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
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Catalogue

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    Report of the Committee on Bed-Bug Infestation : 1935-1940.

    | Date: 1942
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Donovan, Charles (1863-1951)

    Donovan, C. (Charles), 1863-1951. | Date: 1889-1921 | Reference: MSS.2208-2216 & 5692-5697
  • view Report on the bed-bug.
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    Report on the bed-bug.

    Great Britain. Ministry of Health | Date: 1934
    • Books

    Note on the infection of a mouse by means of bed-bugs, Cimex hemiptera Fabr., fed on the peripheral blood of a case of kala-azar / by H.E. Shortt and C.S. Swaminath.

    Shortt, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1887-1987. | Date: [1924]
  • view Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.
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    Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.

    | Date: 20 June 1801 | Reference: 578678i
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