M0011325: Achorion Schonleini matter from a favus crust

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Fungus Achorion Schonleini, Anderson, 1861.

Illustration of the fungus Achorion Schonleini, the parasitic cause of the skin diseases favus: branching tubes, with epithelial scales and spores. Published in Anderson, T. McCall: On the parasitic affections of the skin, London : John Churchill, 1861. Related images: M0011326

1950

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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