Shigellosis: acute: microscopic view of macrophage cells (white blood cells). Drawing by P.H. Manson-Bahr, ca. 1930.

1930

1 drawing : ink on board ; image 14.9 cm in diameter

Derivation of macrophage cells from the endothelium of capillary vessel of submucosa in acute bacillary dysentery (Shiga's bacillus). Many of the cells have engulfed red corpuscles Lettering handwritten in pencil Lettering continues with instructions to the printer

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 571049i