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Internal structure of the lungs, 3D printed plastic

Dorsal view of the forebrain of a wild-type zebrafish embryo

Mouse embryo

Cartilage, trabecular bone and bone marrow in a mouse femur

Human femoral bone, AFM

Human heart (mitral valve) tissue displaying calcification

A sad lonely child sits on her bed, anxiety, illustration

Varicose Veins, Legs. Female. Illustrated with thermography

Ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon

Counselling for social anxiety disorder, illustration

Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae. Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Microvasculature of grey parrot head

Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon

Portrait of Daniel Colwal

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