Asiatic schistosomiasis : the result of infection by the blood-worm, 'Schistosoma japonicum' / Ernest C. Peake.

  • Peake, Ernest Cromwell.
Date:
1915
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Credit: Asiatic schistosomiasis : the result of infection by the blood-worm, 'Schistosoma japonicum' / Ernest C. Peake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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