Shigellosis: microscopic view of faecal exudate. Watercolour by P.H. Manson-Bahr, ca. 1910.

1910

1 drawing : ink and wash ; image 15.1 cm in diameter

Fresh preparations of faecal exudat[e] ... & bacillary dysentery. (x 500). Preparation ... ; Bacillary dysentery (Shiga). (1) Polymorphonuclear pus cells. (2) Red cells in rouleaux. (3) Epithelial cell. (4) Macrophage endothelial cell. (4a) Macrophage containing red cell liable to be mistaken for an amoeba. (5) Blastocysts. Note relative absence of microorganisms. (x 500) Lettering printed on labels affixed to backing board. The text on the label is incomplete, suggesting that this watercolour may have been exhibited or displayed with a companion image Numbered for key

This drawing is one of a collection of original drawings and photographs, by Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr and others, depicting microscopic images of the organisms and pathological findings associated with dysentery and other communicable diseases

Wellcome Collection 570789i