Amoebiasis: view of lesions in the lower rectum. Watercolour by P.H. Manson-Bahr, ca. 1930.

1930

1 drawing : watercolour with gouache ; image 8.2 cm in diameter

Amoebic dysentery. Six weeks' duration. Lesions seen 3 c.m. above internal sphincter. Typical punched-out amoebic ulcer with haemorrhagic margin and reticulation of the mucosa. Entamoeba histolytica in faeces. Cured by E.B.I. and Yatren Lettering typewritten on label affixed to backing board

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 570661i