La gale

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866
Contributor(s):: Langlumé.
Publication:: [Paris : s.n., 18--?]
Language(s):: French
Format:: Still image
Abstract:: People respond to mite infestions by lining up and scratching the back of the person in front of him. A woman is sitting on the ground facing the line scratching under her dress while a man is scrubbing her knee.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Album comique de pathologie pittoresque
Extent:: 1 print : 25 x 32 cm.
Technique:: lithograph
NLM Unique ID:: 101434181 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A028148
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434181

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