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  • A hand with cracked and diseased fingernails; and the upper half of a face with severe hair loss (missing brows and lashes). Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • Cistus ladanifer L., Cistaceae. Common Gum Cistus or Ladanum/labdanum. Distribution: Southern Europe and N. Africa. The fragrant resin from the sticky leaves, Gum Labdanum, is extracted and used in Mediterranean regions as an insecticide and deodorant ((Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Lyte (1578) advises local application to prevent hair loss and cure earache
  • Hair cells in the cochlea damaged by old age
  • Hair cells in the cochlea damaged by old age
  • Hair cells in the cochlea damaged by old age
  • Hair cells in the cochlea damaged by old age
  • Hair cells in the cochlea damaged by old age
  • Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork
  • Outer hair cells o the ear
  • Inner ear hair cell damage
  • Hand-coloured engraving: il se debat contre la morte.
  • Outer hair cells damaged by kanamycin
  • Outer hair cells damaged by kanamycin
  • Hépatite C : gérer les effets indésirables des traitements. No.3, Les problèmes de peau et la chute des cheveux / SOS Hépatites Fédération.
  • Hépatite C : gérer les effets indésirables des traitements. No.3, Les problèmes de peau et la chute des cheveux / SOS Hépatites Fédération.
  • Hépatite C : gérer les effets indésirables des traitements. No.3, Les problèmes de peau et la chute des cheveux / SOS Hépatites Fédération.
  • Hépatite C : gérer les effets indésirables des traitements. No.3, Les problèmes de peau et la chute des cheveux / SOS Hépatites Fédération.
  • SEM cochlea damaged by bacterial meningitis
  • Outer hair cells damaged by kanamycin
  • Arabidopsis leaf hairs (trichomes)
  • Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) leaf
  • Oh this wretched hay fever, I must try the ... Carbolic Smoke Ball : gives instant relief.
  • Oh this wretched hay fever, I must try the ... Carbolic Smoke Ball : gives instant relief.
  • Oh this wretched hay fever, I must try the ... Carbolic Smoke Ball : gives instant relief.
  • The Carbolic Smoke Ball : for inhalation only : will positively cure colds, cold in the head, cold on the chest, catarrh, asthma, bronchitis ... / Carbolic Smoke Ball Company.
  • Hairs on a leaf surface
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Fermented sauce (jiang)
  • Four slaves in East Africa chained at the neck carrying brushwood fuel; other slaves chained at the neck working in rice fields. Wood engraving or process print after J.B. Zwecker after J.A. Grant.