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  • Letter to Lister from University of Edinburgh, 1878
  • Sketch showing the site of the future University of Edinburgh
  • M0008128: Sir Henry Wellcome receiving an honorary degree at the University of Edinburgh
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Quasi cursores. Portraits of the high officers and professors of the University of Edinburgh at its tercentenary festival / Drawn and etched by William Hole.
  • Members of the medical faculty at Edinburgh University, gathered around a table. Lithograph by Schenck and McFarlane after L. Ghémar, ca.1850.
  • Members of the medical faculty at Edinburgh University, gathered around a table. Lithograph by Schenck and McFarlane after L. Ghémar, ca.1850.
  • The Addictions Forum in association with The Alcohol Research Group - the University of Edinburgh present the Third National Conference on Drugs & AIDS ... : 3 and 4 November 1992, Queen Mother Conference Centre, Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH12 1JQ.
  • Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed: represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the University of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.
  • Palæolithic man and terramara settlements in Europe : being the Munro lectures in anthropology and prehistoric archæology in connection with the University of Edinburgh, delivered during February and March 1912 / by Robert Munro.
  • Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D., professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh / Now published by permission of the author, and with many corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.
  • Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D., professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh / Now published by permission of the author, and with many corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.
  • Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D., professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh / Now published by permission of the author, and with many corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.
  • A system of anatomy / From Monro, Winslow, Innes and the latest authors. Arranged, as nearly as the nature of the work would admit, in the order of the lectures delivered by the professor of anatomy in the University of Edinburgh.
  • Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.
  • Relaxed skeletal muscle showing sarcomeres & nucleus
  • Layer of epithelial cells - coloured
  • Blood vessel with red and white blood cells
  • Growth hormone producing cell from the pituitary gland
  • White blood cell - polymorphonuclear leucocyte
  • Goblet cells are packed full of mucous globules (blue), which they release to provide lubrication and protection to the inner surfaces of the intestine and the respiratory system among others. The mucous globules are condensed inside the goblet cell but expand hugely once they are released, absorbing water within 20 milliseconds. This rapid release occurs in response to lots of different stimuli and allows the mucous to get to work instantly.
  • Microvilli on epithelial cells
  • Cells with organelles
  • Flea larva
  • Ox louse clinging to a hair - coloured SEM
  • Platelets and red blood cells
  • Glucocorticoid-producing cell from the adrenal gland. The white areas are lipid droplets in the cell's cytoplasm.