Accession No

6178

Brief Description

zoological wall chart depicting the life history of ankylostoma (multiple diagrams)

Origin

Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; UK

Maker

unknown

Class

natural history; physiology; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1930

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth (canvas)

Dimensions

1535mm; 1020mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred by an individual at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, on or before 05/06/2006.

Inscription

Life History of Ankylostoma
W.West
Looss. Records of the School of Medicine, Catro, Vols III & IV.

Description Notes

Zoological wall chart depicting the life history of ankylostoma.

One diagram on the teaching chart depicts the migration of larvae of the second stage from their entrance through the skin of the hand to their arrival in the small intestine with a drawing of the upper torso of a male human.

The centre section is a drawing of the male and female anatomy of the ankylostoma, with labels indicating major anatomical features, including the buccal cavity, oesophagus, cervical glands, testis, receptaculum seminis, vesicula seminalis, ovary, ductus ejaculatorius, uterus, copoulator spicules, vulva, copulatory bursa and anus.

The final section contains four microscopic views of anatomical features. The first is the buccal cavity; the second is the head of the adult fixed in the submucosa of the small intestine; the third is a section of the skin with larvae entering by hair follicles; the fourth is the larvae free in the alveolus of the lung.

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