SPIROCHOETA PALLIDA (DE LA SYPHILIS)

1910

1 min.

fr

Original Title

Spirochoeta pallida (de la syphilis)

Overview

Jean Comandon, pioneer of microcinematography, recorded this time-lapse film in c. 1910, using a ultramicroscope. The film show living spiral shaped syphilis bacteria moving among red blood cells of frog. Notice the back-and-forth movement, characterizing the disease-causing form. (Wikipedia)