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  • Therapeutics of the circulation / by Sir Lauder Brunton.
  • The heart and blood circulation system: anatomy and physiology explained through diagrams for children, with a view to heart disease prevention. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • Para combatir el asma, Teocedril : Vipladin, estimulante de los aparatos circulatorio y respiratorio ... / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Para combatir el asma, Teocedril : Vipladin, estimulante de los aparatos circulatorio y respiratorio ... / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Cyclospasmol.
  • Cyclospasmol.
  • Cyclospasmol.
  • Cyclospasmol.
  • Vipladin : estimulante de los aparatos circulatorio y respiratorio ... / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Vipladin : estimulante de los aparatos circulatorio y respiratorio ... / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Beta blocker crystals
  • Map of health
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) fruit
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs