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  • A man using RIPA insecticide to kill bedbugs and get a good night's sleep. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900.
  • The manager of a hotel discusses the extermination of bedbugs with a lady. Wood engraving by 'Henriot' (H. Maigrot).
  • Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.
  • The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius). 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.
  • The male tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). 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.
  • Seven vignettes showing uses of Poudre Persane insecticide. Colour line block, ca. 1880.
  • Nine vignettes advertising uses of Insecticide Vicat. Colour line block, ca. 1880.
  • Health promotion: treating nets with insecticide
  • Treating blankets with insecticide
  • Health education on insecticide treated nets