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Medical Museum Collection, Box 50
Digital photograph of a collection of ticks infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The cardboard box containing the glass vials of specimens has been set on a tan counter. A typed identification card lists the contents.
ca. 1940?
A collection of ticks infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Eleven glass vials are housed in a cardboard box measuring 25 x 17.5 cm. A typed identification card lists the contents: 1) flat males, 2) flat females, 3) engorged females, 4) eggs, 5) flat seeds or larvae, 6) engorged seeds or larvae, 7) flat nymphs, 8) engorged nymphs, 9) males and females, 10) parasites attaching flat nymphs, and 11) parasites emerging from engorged nymphs. The vials are in good condition.
Digital photograph of a collection of ticks infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The cardboard box containing the glass vials of specimens has been set on a tan counter. A typed identification card lists the contents.
ca. 1940?
A collection of ticks infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Eleven glass vials are housed in a cardboard box measuring 25 x 17.5 cm. A typed identification card lists the contents: 1) flat males, 2) flat females, 3) engorged females, 4) eggs, 5) flat seeds or larvae, 6) engorged seeds or larvae, 7) flat nymphs, 8) engorged nymphs, 9) males and females, 10) parasites attaching flat nymphs, and 11) parasites emerging from engorged nymphs. The vials are in good condition.