Images


 

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Heel of 3 year old male at 10x showing lesions with associated fibers
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Same heel lesions on 3 year old male showing fibers at 60x
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(left) Lip of 3 year old male at 10x showing fibers embedded in skin
(right) fibers removed from same lip lesions here shown at 60x
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Specimens from skin lesions, 60x
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Fibers embedded in skin removed from facial lesion of three year old boy, 
60x. Specimen stained with "Calcofluor White MR2".
Top image, viewed with 365nm excitation. Note birefringence of fibers.
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Ettmuller's drawings of the Morgellons, 1682

Note: The three images on the right, marked 'E' , are of typical sarcoptes
hominis, or  human Scabies mites. These three images are not to be
confused with the unknown organism causing the Morgellons.

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Image showing striking autofluorescence of fibers from child's lip skin lesion.
Nothing was added to skin sample, except Gel/Mount mounting media and
coverslip. Image is an overlay of red and blue images. Imaging was done 
using an Olympus Provis Microscope which employs standard wavelengths
for rhodamine (Excitation 550 nm/ Emission/565 nm ) and Fluoroscein/alexa
488 (Excitation 494 nm/Emission 519nm)

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Hair from 9 year old male at 60x

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Fibers Embedded in skin at 60x removed from lip lesion of 3 year old male