Amoebiasis: microscopic view of a transverse section through the base of an amoebic ulcer. Drawing by P.H. Manson-Bahr, 1911.

1911

1 drawing : ink and wash ; sheet 23.2 x 18 cm

Amoebic dysentery. Transverse section through the base of an amoebic ulcer. Amoebae are lying in the submucous layer and are invading the intersitial tissue between the crypts where the section passes through an overhanging fold of apparently healthy mucous membrane ; P.H. Bahr 1911 Lettering printed on label affixed to backing board Lettering: signed and dated by artist lower left of image: P.H. Bahr, 1911

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 570783i