Stories
- Article
Finding my body through the wilderness
Writer Jennifer Neal used vigorous exercise classes to try and heal herself in the years following an assault. But it was only while hiking outdoors that she found true strength.
- Podcast
Farmland
Fruit and vegetables link our hungry bodies to the world of plants. Yet many of us have little understanding of the farming industry and the impact that bringing crops to our plates has on the planet.
- Article
The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
- Article
Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
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Fruiting body of bread mould
Liz Hirst, Medical Research Council- Pictures
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A fungus (Amanita vaginata): one fruiting body. Watercolour, 1891.
Date: 1891Reference: 21496i- Pictures
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A fungus (Ramaria aurea): fruiting body. Watercolour by C. Bucknall, 1890.
Bucknall, C.Date: 1890Reference: 21499i- Pictures
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Pine spike cap fungus (Chroogomphus rutilus): one fruiting body. Watercolour, 1900.
Date: 1900Reference: 21567i- Pictures
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An unidentified fungus: one fruiting body on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
Wheeler, Edwin, 1833-1909.Date: 1888Reference: 21675i