Amoebiasis: chronic Entamoeba histolytica infection: view of the sigmoid colon. Watercolour by P.H. Manson-Bahr, 1928.

1928/06/28

1 drawing : watercolour with gouache ; image 6.5 cm in diameter

Amoebic dysentery. 10 years standing, great emaciation, Entamoeba histolytica cysts in stools. Sigmoidoscopy 28/6/28, typical sloughing amoebic ulcers. Vegetative and precystic E. histolytica in scrapings. Combined E.B.I. and Yatren treatment. Cured. (Capt. F.A.Y.) Lettering typewritten on label affixed to backing board

Wellcome Collection 570668i

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