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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
  • Internal structure of the lungs, 3D printed plastic
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zuch.) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. Star magnolia. Small flowering tree. Distribution: Japan. Named for the French botanist and physician, Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Montpelier. Charles Plumier (1646-1704) named a tree on Martinique after him (Magnolia) and the name was continued by Linnaeus (1753). No medicinal use. This is a very ancient genus of flowering plants. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Garlic, sagittal view, MRI
  • Snowflake
  • Paeonia suffruticosa 'Bai Yu'
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Varicose Veins, Legs. Female. Illustrated with thermography
  • Petasites paradoxus Baumg. Asteraceae Alpine Butterbur. Herbaceous Perennial. Distribution: Temperate Northern hemisphere. It contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Rosmarinus officinalis L. Lamiaceae Rosemary. Woody perennial. Distribution: Mediterranean. Quincy (1718) commended the flowers for epilepsy, apoplexy, palsies, uterine obstruction, jaundice, gout, and syringed into the ear with warm water for dislodging wax. It is licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) on strawberries
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. Rosaceae Chinese Plum, Japanese Apricot. Distribution: Eastern Asia. The fruit is used to flavour alcohol and used as a digestive to improve appetite. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Hyacinthaceae Star of Bethlehem, Grass lily. Distribution: Central Europe, SW Asia, NW Africa. All parts are poisonous, especially the bulbs. The toxin is a cardiac glycoside with effects similar to digoxin, vomiting, cardiac irregularities and death in humans and livestock. Only used for decoration by Native Americans (it is a non-native plant that has escaped into the wild from cultivation) and called Sleepydick (Moerman, 1998). One of its toxins is Convallotoxin, also present in Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Saponaria officinalis 'Alba Plena'
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Brain blood vessels, suspected meningitis, 3D printed nylon
  • Pea Brain, artwork of the brain
  • Human heart (mitral valve) tissue displaying calcification