Amoebiasis: microscopic view of colonic ulcer biopsy. Drawing by P.H. Manson-Bahr, ca. 1930.

1930

1 drawing : ink and wash ; image 14.1 x 12.3 cm

Camera lucida drawing of sigmoidoscopic scrapings of ulcer in bowel wall. Depicting one field of 1/6/ Z lens, eyepiece x 8. (1) E. histolytica. (2) Charcot-Leyden crystals. Presented by Dr. Manson-Bahr Lettering printed on label affixed to backing board Lettering: signed by artist in lower right of 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 570755i