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Anatomical diagram from Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1749)
Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society Library Oversize XX WE17ALB

Colour drawing of a flea, surrounded by detailed close-ups of parts of different species to enable easier identificationLine drawing of an anthropomorphised flea standing on a bed talking to the man under the covers