Football Time: Euro 2012
Top: Russia
L0032004 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
A drunk man in Russia likened to a pig: his silhouette is swinish and he is licked by a pig when he lies dead drunk with vodka. Watercolour, 1950-1959.
Bottom: Czech Republic
V0012291 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Panoramic view of Bürglitz castle, Prague, Czech republic. Coloured lithograph.
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It’s National Vegetarian Week
B0007830 Credit Daniel J. Geduld, Wellcome Images
Tomato skin
Light micrograph showing close up structure of tomato skin. Tomatoes have been reported to have a number of health benefits. They contain vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K as well as high levels of a number of carotenoids. Lycopene is a carotenoid that is found in high levels in the skin of the tomato fruit and is responsible for the red colouring; it is also an antioxidant and has been suggested to protect the skin from UV and sun damage.
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine Biodiversity
B0007769 Credit Dr Steve Wilson, Wellcome Images
Cavefish embryo
Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo at around five days post-fertilisation viewed from the side (lateral view). The cavefish Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has a seeing and a blind form; the latter lives in dark environments, and relies on other senses.
with an antibody that targets a calcium binding protein (calretinin) shown in green, which highlights different neuronal types and their processes in the nervous system. The blind cavefish has specially adapted traits that its sighted relation (dwelling near the surface) does not. These include a greater number of sensory receptors and taste buds along its body; these taste buds are also more efficient than the equivalent cells in the seeing cavefish.
The eyes are still present at this stage of development but they will degenerate naturally during the lifetime of the fish as they live in a dark environment where eyes are redundant. Adult cavefish are blind.
2011 Wellcome Image Award winner.
Confocal micrograph
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![Euro 2012 starts today!
L0018484 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Fives phases in batting at baseball; three phases at football. From: The human figure in motion By: Eadweard James Muybridge Published: Chapman & HallLondon 1901 Page 213 Collection: General Collections Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html
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B0007830 Credit Daniel J. Geduld, Wellcome Images Tomato skin Light micrograph showing close up structure of tomato skin. Tomatoes have been reported to have a number of health benefits. They contain vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K as well as high levels of a number of carotenoids. Lycopene is a carotenoid that is found in high levels in the skin of the tomato fruit and is responsible for the red colouring; it is also an antioxidant and has been suggested to protect the skin from UV and sun damage.
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V0011125 Credit: Wellcome Library, London A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking J. Morison’s vegetable pills. Coloured Lithograph 1831 By: C. J. GrantCollection: Iconographic Collections Library reference no.: ICV No 11387 Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html
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V0022783 Credit: Wellcome Library, London Thirteen types of crab and two other marine crustaceans. Engraving by I. Taylor. after: I. Taylor
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V0022099 Credit: Wellcome Library, London A variety of marine animals, including a lobster, a crab and an eel. Etching. Collection: Iconographic Collections Library reference no: ICV No 22521 Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html
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![International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine Biodiversity
B0007769 Credit Dr Steve Wilson, Wellcome Images Cavefish embryo Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo at around five days post-fertilisation viewed from the side (lateral view). The cavefish Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has a seeing and a blind form; the latter lives in dark environments, and relies on other senses. with an antibody that targets a calcium binding protein (calretinin) shown in green, which highlights different neuronal types and their processes in the nervous system. The blind cavefish has specially adapted traits that its sighted relation (dwelling near the surface) does not. These include a greater number of sensory receptors and taste buds along its body; these taste buds are also more efficient than the equivalent cells in the seeing cavefish. The eyes are still present at this stage of development but they will degenerate naturally during the lifetime of the fish as they live in a dark environment where eyes are redundant. Adult cavefish are blind.2011 Wellcome Image Award winner. Confocal micrograph Collection: Wellcome Images Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html
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Portrait of William Lambe M.D. - pioneer of vegetarianism.
L0067073 Credit: Wellcome Library, London.
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