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  • The spinal cord: five figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.
  • Softening of the spinal cord as the result of a fracture of the cervical vertebra
  • Effusion of lymph beneath the arachnoid membrane covering the pons, medulla oblongata and spinal cord
  • Softening of the spinal cord as the result of a fracture of the cervical vertebra
  • Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (red and yellow) in their zone of origin within the spinal cord.
  • Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (orange and yellow) in their zone of origin within the spinal cord.
  • Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (red and yellow) in their zone of origin within the spinal cord.
  • Brain and spinal cord: seven figures. Stipple engraving by Schmeltz, after Martin Saint-Ange, 1830/1850.
  • Brain and spinal cord: dissection, back view. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • Portal vein (fig. 2); spinal cord (figs 3-4) after Huber. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Brain and spinal cord: six figures showing various portions. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1826.
  • Nervous system after Vieussens (fig. 1); brain and spinal cord after Eustachius (fig. 2) Engraving by Defehrt, 1762.
  • Several sections of diseased spinal cord, numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Batelli after Ottavio Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • Brain and spinal cord: two figures. Coloured lithograph by William Fairland, 1839, after W. Bagg after W.J.E. Wilson.
  • The brain: posterior view with the upper part of the spinal cord. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.
  • Nervous system after Vieussens (fig. 1); brain and spinal cord after Eustachius (fig. 2) Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Several sections of diseased spinal cord showing blood clots and haemorrhage, numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Batelli after Ferdinando Ferrari, c. 1843.
  • The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: production of the rabies vaccine: removing the spinal cord of a dissected rabbit, previously infected with rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Neurons or nerve cells are the core components of the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system (CNS), and of the ganglia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) controlling many motor and sensory functions of the body.
  • Neurons or nerve cells are the core components of the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system (CNS), and of the ganglia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) controlling many motor and sensory functions of the body.
  • Scheuchzer, 1731-33: spinal cords
  • Lathyrus vernus (L.)Bernh. Papilionaceae previously Orobus vernus L. (Linnaeus, 1753) Spring vetchling. Distribution: Europe to Siberia. The seeds of several Lathyrus species are toxic, and when eaten cause a condition called lathyrism. The chemical diaminoproprionic acid in the seeds causes paralysis, spinal cord damage, aortic aneurysm, due to poisoning of mitochondria causing cell death. Occurs where food crops are contaminated by Lathyrus plants or where it is eaten as a 'famine food' when no other food is available. It is the Orobus sylvaticus purpureus vernus of Bauhin (1671) and Orobus sylvaticus angustifolius of Parkinson (1640) - who records that country folk had no uses for it. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Lathyrus vernus (L.)Bernh. Papilionaceae previously Orobus vernus L. (Linnaeus, 1753) Spring vetchling. Distribution: Europe to Siberia. The seeds of several Lathyrus species are toxic, and when eaten cause a condition called lathyrism. The chemical diaminoproprionic acid in the seeds causes paralysis, spinal cord damage, aortic aneurysm, due to poisoning of mitochondria causing cell death. Occurs where food crops are contaminated by Lathyrus plants or where it is eaten as a 'famine food' when no other food is available. It is the Orobus sylvaticus purpureus vernus of Bauhin (1671) and Orobus sylvaticus angustifolius of Parkinson (1640) - who records that country folk had no uses for it. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Mouse embryonic posterior neuropore, confocal image.
  • Traité de la moelle épinière et de ses maladies. Contenant l'histoire anatomique, physiologique et pathologique de ce centre nerveux chez l'homme / par C.P. Ollivier.
  • Anatomical drawing: the lungs and heart nexus, Chinese MS
  • A manual of diseases of the nervous system / by Sir W.R. Gowers.
  • Generation of oligodendrocytes
  • Brain within the skull, feline
  • The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: production of the rabies vaccine: inserting a swab on a wire into the spinal canal of a dissected rabbit, previously infected with rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.