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  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • Cinnamic Acid
  • Schistosomiasis: how it is transmitted and prevented. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Schistosomiasis: how it is transmitted and prevented. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Schistosomiasis: how it is transmitted and prevented. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
  • Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
  • Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
  • Two old gouty men dancing with bandaged legs, an old nurse is holding their crutches, behind her is a gleeful doctor. Coloured aquatint, 1801.
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Steamer-vapour water
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Final-month month snow water
  • A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • A woman holding a pitcher. Watercolour.
  • Stoma and chloroplasts of maize leaf
  • A woman pulling giant aubergines from a tree. Watercolour.
  • Two groups of men performing oral sex in booths; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • Two groups of men performing oral sex in booths; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Brine
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Brain tractography
  • Corpus Callosum, tractography
  • Corticospinal tract, tractography
  • Fisher's Alley (Fisher Lane), near the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with many Pensioners and other people walking. Wood engraving by R. Branston after C. Stanfield.
  • Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus, tractography
  • Arcuate Fasiculus, tractography
  • Brugmansia suaveolens 'Pink Beauty'
  • Brugmansia suaveolens'Pink Beauty'