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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
  • Hand-coloured engraving: il se debat contre la morte.