The chigger flea.

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c.1950
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The chigger flea. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This very short film, made by F.L. Vanderplank, shows: 'A full grown female chigger in a man's small toe. Taken at Von. N, Nigeria 1950.' The footage consists of a semi close-up view of a white foot turned sole upwards. A small black shape is discernible on the pad of the little toe. A black hand cuts around the shape with a scalpel. 1 segment.

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Nigeria : London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, c.1950.

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1 encoded moving image (00.42 min.) : silent, color

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00:00:42

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Segment 1 This very short film, made by F.L. Vanderplank, shows: 'A full grown female chigger in a man's small toe. Taken at Von. N, Nigeria 1950.' The footage consists of a semi close-up view of a white foot turned sole upwards. A small black shape is discernible on the pad of the little toe. A black hand cuts around the shape with a scalpel. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:00:42:00 Length: 00:00:42:00

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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