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Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.

The larva and fly of the sheep-nostril-fly (Oestrus ovis). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva and fly of a house fly (Musca domestica). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Hydatidosis (echinococcosis): how it is caught, and what the symptoms look like. Colour lithograph by Peña Plata, ca. 1937.

The larva and fly of Chrysomyia macellaria. Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.

Spores of Bacillus pestis which caused the plague and its vector the human flea (Pulex irritans). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

The larva and fly of a greenbottle (Lucilia sericata). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

A textbook of medical entomology / by Walter Scott Patton and Francis William Cragg.

Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

A guide to medical entomology / M. W. Service.

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A textbook of medical entomology / by Walter Scott Patton and Francis William Cragg.

Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

A guide to medical entomology / M. W. Service.