JF Ptak Science Books Daily Dose from Dr. Odd
I’m just passing this engraving along–the last dot in the right-hand column in the engraving below (shown in more detail just below that) exhibits the life-size dimensions of the guilty worm. The way in which the worm is presented is just very well done and beautiful in its own way.
[Source: The American Journal of Pharmacy, January 1839, volume 10, “Remarks on Ergot”, by W.H. Miller.
“They crept leisurly about, and seemed to regale themselves on the mouldy matter on the surface of the grain, which, through the microscope, resemed a saccharine paste…”
And the detail:
