#ricketts

[skepsys]

please stop praying for my grandpa he's too strong

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Design by Charles S. Ricketts for front cover of "The Sphinx" by Oscar Wilde, from The Chap-Book. Volume I. From May 15th to November 1st. A.D. MDCCC XC IV. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894.

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the drinks menu at the Ricketts bar, Chicago (c. 1930).

[lamplighterstudio]

isn't it rich? are we a pair?

[m-7572]

hands

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

Photo of young girl with Rickets, Scoliosis, deformed spine

[er-cryptid]

Rickettsiae

-- bacteria

-- very small

-- gram-negative

-- intracellular parasites

-- discovered in 1909 by Harold Taylor Ricketts

-- found in the blood of patients who had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

-- non-motile

-- non-spore-forming

-- noncapsulated

-- 0.3 to 1.0 micrometers

-- transmitted to humans via insect bites

-- responsible for several febrile diseases

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[montereybayaquarium]

A flash of fire in the sky As the ocean rushes by Anemones settled in To a sunset by Earth's spin 

Sunset over Steinbeck and Ricketts’ Great Tide Pool — 10/2/18