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A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.

Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. : Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. / Von Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. Nebst einem Atlas von vierundsechszig colorirten Kupfertafeln, geseichnet vom Verfasser.

People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

Reginald McKenna as British Home Secretary asking Æsculapius for help with the microbe "Militancy"; referring to political militancy. Wood engraving.

A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.

A doctor visiting a patient with a variety of microbes to improve the patient's health. Wood engraving after A. Rackham, 1905.

The secret life of germs : observations and lessons from a microbe hunter / Philip M. Tierno, Jr.

Microbial growth : nineteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at University College, London, April 1969 / [edited by Pauline Meadow and S.J. Pirt].

Passat-Staub und Blut-Regen ein grosses organisches unsichtbares Wirken und Leben in der Atmosphäre : mehrere Vorträge / von Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

The microscopist : a manual of microscopy and compendium of the microscopic science : micro-minerology, micro-chemistry, biology, histology, and pathological histology / by J.H. Wythe.

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People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

The secret life of germs : observations and lessons from a microbe hunter / Philip M. Tierno, Jr.

Microbial growth : nineteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at University College, London, April 1969 / [edited by Pauline Meadow and S.J. Pirt].

Passat-Staub und Blut-Regen ein grosses organisches unsichtbares Wirken und Leben in der Atmosphäre : mehrere Vorträge / von Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

The microscopist : a manual of microscopy and compendium of the microscopic science : micro-minerology, micro-chemistry, biology, histology, and pathological histology / by J.H. Wythe.