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  • Parasitic fungi (Nyctalis species) growing on decayed Russula fungi. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1889.
  • Lifecycle of hyatid cysts in humans and animals: parasitic infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • Lifecycle of hyatid cysts in humans and animals: parasitic infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • A parasitic worm (Filaria species) and its vector beetle (Tenebrio molitor). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • An African man tearing meat from the carcass of an animal: parasitic infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A parasitic nematode (Filaria immitis) and its vector, the mosquito (Myzomyia superpicta). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • A child of ten years with a parasitic attachment on its back, Sagñay, Camarines Sur, the Philippines. Photograph by Martinez Studio, 1927.
  • Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering and fruiting stem with cloves and parasitic worm. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • Plumbago auriculata Blume Plumbaginaceae Plumbago, Leadwort. Distribution: South Africa. It is used traditionally to treat warts, broken bones and wounds. It is taken as a snuff for headaches and as an emetic to dispel bad dreams. A stick of the plant is placed in the thatch of huts to ward off lightning.” Iwou (1993) reports other Plumbago species are used to cause skin blistering, treat leprosy, induce blistering, and to treat piles, parasites and to induce abortions. The genus name derives from the Latin for lead, but authors differ as to whether it was used as a treatment of lead poisoning, or that when it was used for eye conditions the skin turned the colour of lead. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Trichuris muris is a parasitic nematode affecting mice. Following ingestion, T. muris eggs hatch in the large intestine where they develop into adults. The anterior end of the worm burrows into the lining of the gut, leaving the posterior end protruding into the lumen of the gut. The worms mate in this orientation, and the resulting eggs are released in to the gut lumen and shed faecally.
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, children of Bhaktapur, 1986. Three children stand in Durbar Square. The little boy has genu valgum (knock knees). In the mid-1980s, nearly half of all Nepalese children died before reaching the age of 5, and life expectancy at birth was 51 years for men and 50 years for women. Conditions associated with poor hygiene and sanitation, including gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhoea, and parasitic infestation, were common.
  • Euphorbia milii Des Moul. Euphorbiaceae. Crown of Thorns - so called because of its very spiny stems. Distribution: Madagascar. The latex contains a copper-containing amine oxidase, a lectin, lipase, peroxidase, and a diamine oxidase. In vitro the latex is synergistic with ketoconazole against Candida albicans (thrush). All Euphorbia have a toxic white latex, and in Europe this has been used as a folk remedy to treat warts. It can cause skin allergies and the smoke from burning them is toxic. the genus named for Euphorbus (fl. circa 10 BC – 20 AD), the Greek physician to the Berber King Juba II (c. 50 BC – 23 AD) of Numidia, Euphorbia milii is one of the tropical spurges, with fierce, cactus-like spines, grown as a house plant. The sap of spurges is used in folk medicine for treating warts (not very effective), and, historically, as a purgative - the word spurge being derived from the French word for purgation. The sap (probably dried) was administered inside a fig because it is so corrosive that it would otherwise burn the mouth and oesophagus – a technique used today, rather more subtly, with ‘enteric coated’ medications. The sap contains a potential anti-leukaemic chemical, lasiodoplin, and is also used in drainage ditches to kill the snails which carry the parasitic trematode which causes fasciolaris. It does not kill the fish. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • East Coast fever parasite/cell division
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM
  • Warble fly powder : prepared in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries / Arnold & Sons.
  • Giardia lamblia, dorsal view, SEM coloured