Ringworm of the hair (Cheveux dans l'Herpes tousurans)

Date1870s

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 inches (8.89 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches (17.93 x 13.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2012.10.1.17

Signednone

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in blue pen: "Cheveux dans l'Herpes tousurans"; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "6754O".

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DescriptionMicroscopic image of two narrow organisms crossing over one another. One with straight, narrow fibers and a slight bulge near the bottom; the other with fibers wrapped around its body.

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