Title:

[Counting hookworms in prisoners in Asuncion, Paraguay] (image 2)

Date:

1924

Description:

This photograph shows two health workers washing a stool specimen and screening out the hookworms, so the worms could be typed and counted.

Location:

Box: 27

Rights:

Courtesy of Fred L. Soper.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Hookworm Infections and Paraguay

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

[Counting hookworms in prisoners in Asuncion, Paraguay] (image 1), 1924

Legacy ID:

VVBBBC

NLM ID:

101584650X2

Profiles Collection:

The Fred L. Soper Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584650X2

Story Section:

Learning the Ropes: Hookworm Disease in South America, 1920-1927