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  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.
  • Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. : Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. / Von Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. Nebst einem Atlas von vierundsechszig colorirten Kupfertafeln, geseichnet vom Verfasser.
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • Reginald McKenna as British Home Secretary asking Æsculapius for help with the microbe "Militancy"; referring to political militancy. Wood engraving.
  • A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.
  • A doctor visiting a patient with a variety of microbes to improve the patient's health. Wood engraving after A. Rackham, 1905.
  • Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. : Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. / Von Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. Nebst einem Atlas von vierundsechszig colorirten Kupfertafeln, geseichnet vom Verfasser.