pictures of Africa, thumbnails

Pictures of Africa

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My old ennemy, Trypanosoma, the bug of the sleeping sickness (seen here among red blood cells) A Glossina. (or Eugene Jamot, 1879-1937, the successful fighter against the sleeping disease The home of Jamot, Ayos, Cameroon
Pierre Richet, 1904-1983, physician general, the Boss of our 'battalion of eccentrics' in Africa Pierre Richet, 1966, during a meeting in Bobodioulasso Pierre Richet & Raoul Follereau at the leprosy hospital
The home of the trypano district's physician in Gaoua, Burkina (courtesy dr & mrs Chastang) The home in Gaoua (the same, restitued in 3D) Lapeyssonnie (1915-2001) A microscope (like the one used by Jamot) The '10 minutes hourglass' used to show the necessary lengh of a blood spot scanning under the microscope The box of quinine tablets from the factory of Sérédou

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