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  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the outermost layer of the muscles, with a river and rocks seen in the background. Line engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1740.
  • A skeletal cadaver with two flaps of skin of the abdomen cut away to reveal the subcutaneous layer of muscle and fat, labelled "mirac". Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • An écorché figure with left arm extended, seen from the front, showing the first layer of muscles. Pencil drawing, 1830/1835?, after line engraving by A. Bell, 1777/1778, after B.S. Albinus, ca. 1747.
  • An écorché showing the third layer of muscles, with ligaments, cartilages and bones: front and back views with additional figures detailing an eye, and two feet. Coloured line engraving by J. Pass, 1796.
  • An écorché figure with left arm extended, seen from the front, showing the second layer of muscles. Pen and ink drawing, 1830/1835?, after line engraving by A. Bell, 1777/1778, after B.S. Albinus, ca. 1747.
  • Plan and section of another child's grave. When found three flint instruments lay in positions indicated.
  • A suspended lower arm from which the skin and fatty layer has been removed to reveal the muscles. Next to it is a knife and a surgical instrument case with its lid. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The silver trowel used by Henry S. Wellcome to lay the corner-stone of the Wellcome Building in 1931. Photograph.
  • The muscles of the human body, third layer, seen from the back; the figure balances a club with his right hand and stands before a wall of stone blocks. Colour mezzotint by L. Gautier d'Agoty after A. E. Gautier d'Agoty, 1773.
  • The muscles of the human body, third layer, seen from the back; the figure balances a club with his right hand and stands before a wall of stone blocks. Colour mezzotint by L. Gautier d'Agoty after A. E. Gautier d'Agoty, 1773.
  • A lay preacher with a wax (?) image of a bishop, addresses a crowd in the streets of Rome. Etching, 1824.
  • Two girls fight over a doll which they both lay claim to. Coloured stipple engraving by C. Knight after H. Singleton.
  • A female flap anatomy fugitive sheet, with layered flaps lifted to reveal the anatomy of the thorax and abdomen. Photograph of an engraving, 1683.
  • A boy lays shallow baskets of tea leaves on a low table, for initial withering (?), or drying. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A woman in childbirth aided by six female attendants, some of whom lay their hands on her stomach. Photograph, ca. 1930, of a Burmese painting, ca?.
  • Three men ride through the sky on black, red and white lions (colours of the alchemical process); beneath, men lay sprawled among dismembered limbs. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena: Celestino III grants control of the hospital to the lay brothers. Photograph by Fotografia Lombardi Siena, 18--, of fresco by Domenico di Bartolo, 1441-1442.
  • The ship Agamemnon at anchor off Greenwich before setting off to lay the telegraph cable across the Atlantic from Ireland to Canada. Wood engraving by F.J. Smyth, 1857, after E. Weedon.
  • The monk Phra Malai receives a lotus bouquet from a poor woodcutter (left) and receives alms offerings from lay people (right). This manuscript depicts the visits to heaven and hell by Phra Malai
  • Human embryonic stem cell (gold) growing on a layer of supporting cells (fibroblasts). Stem cells are derived from very early embryos and can either be grown to stay in their original state or triggered to form almost any type of human cell. The fibroblasts provide special factors that maintain the stem cells in their original state. The stem cell appears to be grasped by the underlying fibroblast. Stem cell research could lead to cures for many diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and diabetes, where a patient's cells are damaged or absent.
  • A woman sitting on her bed while dressing herself; a dog sleeps next to her, a pair of shoes are strewn across the floor in front of her, and a musical instrument, skull, book and a flower lay in the doorway to the room. Photogravure after J. Steen, 1663.
  • Calcified bone interface, col - red/yellow
  • Calcified bone interface, col - red/purple
  • Banded iron formation Z system
  • Meshwork of collagen fibrils
  • Keratocyte in the corneal stroma
  • Surface of retina showing glial cells - 3D
  • Bluetongue virus core particle
  • Bluetongue virus core particles
  • Bluetongue virus core particle