Louses Gallery

Crustaceans (Crustacea), wood engravings, published in 1897

Crustaceans (Crustacea): 1) Cyclops with eggs; 2) Fish louse (Argulus foliaceus), bottom view; 3) Lepas; 4) Water flea (Daphnia); 5) Triops (Apus ); 6) Ostracod (Cypridina mediterranea); 7) Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas, or Limulus moluccanus); 8) European crayfish (Astacus astacus, or Astacus fluviatillis); 9) Squilla mantis; 10) Edible crab (Cancer pagurus); 11) Rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber); 12) Freshwater shrimp (Gammarus pulex); 13) Whale louse (Cyamus). Wood engravings, published in 1897

Body louse, Pediculus humanus

Body louse, Pediculus humanus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1795

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

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Children on their way to Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911

Children on their way to Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911. A group of children shepherded by a cloaked attendant, are about to enter the cleansing station where they might be treated for head lice and other hygiene problems. At this time many people were without bathrooms at home

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