Biology Collection (#9)

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by
5309465 Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity; (add.info)

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885 (b/w photo)
UIG5071995 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885 (b/w photo); Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885)

Plate 38, Meduse, 1899-1904 by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) (engraving)
IMB4824355 Plate 38, Meduse, 1899-1904 by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) (engraving); (add.info.: Plate 38, Meduse (Peromedusae, Jellyfish, Coronatae, Family Periphyllidae, Name Periphylla)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733830 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Medal depicting Andreas Vesalius
3586027 Medal depicting Andreas Vesalius; (add.info.: Medal depicting Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) a Flemish/Netherlandish anatomist, physician, and author of books on human anatomy

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1820
1576977 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1820; (add.info.: Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (9 June 1783 - 21 October 1862)

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, 1840
1576970 Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, 1840; (add.info.: Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (25th November 1810 - 5th December 1881) was a Russian and Ukrainian scientist

Robert Liston, 1820
1576989 Robert Liston, 1820; (add.info.: Robert Liston (28 October 1794 - 7 December 1847) was a Scottish surgeon, best known for his surgical skill prior to anaesthetics

Ernst Heinrich Weber, 1820
1576985 Ernst Heinrich Weber, 1820; (add.info.: Ernst Heinrich Weber (June 24, 1795 - January 26, 1878) was a German physician

Wilhelm Waldeyer, 1880
1576978 Wilhelm Waldeyer, 1880; (add.info.: Wilhelm Waldeyer (6th October 1836 - 23 January 1921) was a German anatomist, famous for development of the neuron theory.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Marion Sims, 1850
1576966 James Marion Sims, 1850; (add.info.: J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims (January 25, 1813 - November 13, 1883) was a physician and a pioneer in the field of surgery

Ephraim McDowell, 1800
1576964 Ephraim McDowell, 1800; (add.info.: Ephraim McDowell (November 11, 1771 - June 25, 1830) was an American physician and pioneer surgeon

Valentine Mott, 1820
1576962 Valentine Mott, 1820; (add.info.: Valentine Mott (August 20, 1785 - April 26, 1865), American surgeon, was born at Glen Cove, New York.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Evolution of Man (litho)
8672121 Evolution of Man (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Evolution of Man. Illustration from The Sphere, 28 June 1902.); © Look and Learn

Pox in animals (colour litho)
8663541 Pox in animals (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section through a smallpox artificially implanted on a rabbit's cornea)

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist (etching)
8663789 Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist (etching) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Koch (1843-1910), German physician and microbiologist

Rhizopoda (litho)
8663688 Rhizopoda (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rhizopoda. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer (Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong)

Nerves involved in the sense of taste (coloured engraving)
8655717 Nerves involved in the sense of taste (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nerves involved in the sense of taste)

Cross-section of the skin (coloured engraving)
8655716 Cross-section of the skin (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross-section of the skin)

Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving)
8655715 Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parasites of the human skin)

Muscular system of the human body (coloured engraving)
8655713 Muscular system of the human body (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muscular system of the human body (front view)

Wrinkles and white hair (coloured engraving)
8655686 Wrinkles and white hair (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wrinkles and white hair)

Woman with freckles and sunburn caused by excessive exposure to the Sun (coloured engraving)
8655679 Woman with freckles and sunburn caused by excessive exposure to the Sun (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oxygenation of blood in the lungs (coloured engraving)
8655756 Oxygenation of blood in the lungs (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxygenation of blood in the lungs)

Organs of the digestive system (coloured engraving)
8655752 Organs of the digestive system (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Organs of the digestive system)

Muscles of the jaw and lips and their role in eating food (coloured engraving)
8655748 Muscles of the jaw and lips and their role in eating food (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Organs of absorption in the digestive system (coloured engraving)
8655745 Organs of absorption in the digestive system (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Organs of absorption in the digestive system)

Intestinal villi (coloured engraving)
8655743 Intestinal villi (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Intestinal villi)

Cross-section of the neck at the leval of the sixth cervical vertebra (coloured engraving)
8655734 Cross-section of the neck at the leval of the sixth cervical vertebra (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Brain seen from below (coloured engraving)
8655729 Brain seen from below (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brain seen from below)

Section of the spinal cord showing the roots of the spinal nerves (coloured engraving)
8655727 Section of the spinal cord showing the roots of the spinal nerves (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Nerves of the arm and leg (coloured engraving)
8655725 Nerves of the arm and leg (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nerves of the arm and leg)

Nasal cavity and olfactory tract (coloured engraving)
8655719 Nasal cavity and olfactory tract (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nasal cavity and olfactory tract)

Muscles of the eyelid and the eyeball (coloured engraving)
8655718 Muscles of the eyelid and the eyeball (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muscles of the eyelid and the eyeball)

The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), 1882
7125201 The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), 1882; (add.info.: The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat

The three states of an insect as seen in the Great Capricornis, aka, the great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo), 1882
7125187 The three states of an insect as seen in the Great Capricornis, aka, the great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo), 1882; (add.info)

A birth of a sea anemone, 1880 (engraving)
6426193 A birth of a sea anemone, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: A birth of a sea anemone ( Alicia mirabilis ) family of the Aliciidae of this kind of underwater flower

Sinularia, soft coral, 1880 (engraving)
6426190 Sinularia, soft coral, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sinularia, soft coral from the family of the Alcyoniidae, 1880 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Jellyfish " Rhyzostoma Pulmo ", 1880 (engraving)
6426187 Jellyfish " Rhyzostoma Pulmo ", 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jellyfish " Rhyzostoma Pulmo ", 1880 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Jellyfish " Chrysaora hysoscella ", 1880 (engraving)
6426185 Jellyfish " Chrysaora hysoscella ", 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jellyfish " Chrysaora hysoscella ", 1880 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

An Illustration depicting the Anatomy of a Woman, from Anatomia by Realdo Colombo, 1609 (engraving)
1764831 An Illustration depicting the Anatomy of a Woman, from Anatomia by Realdo Colombo, 1609 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Illustration depicting the Anatomy of a Woman)

A cartoon commenting on the fashionable revival of phrenology, 19th century
5311366 A cartoon commenting on the fashionable revival of phrenology, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin. From Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la
5305691 Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin. From Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la nature-1833/1834; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin)

Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin. From Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la
5305675 Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin. From Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la nature-1833/1834; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration by F. E. Guerin)

A human skeleton
5308004 A human skeleton.; (add.info.: Print of a human skeleton by Bartolomeo Eustachi(d.1574) one of the founders of the science of human anatomy. Dated 18th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples
5310078 Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples)

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by
5309466 Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity; (add.info)

An anatomy lecture at Padua
5311884 An anatomy lecture at Padua; (add.info.: Woodcut engraving of an anatomy lecture at Padua. The professor remains in his chair reading from a book)

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