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Broadsheet discussing the Madness of King George III, 1788 (news print)

XJF365322 Broadsheet discussing the Madness of King George III, 1788 (news print) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain and Ireland; suffered from mental illness in the later part of his reign, now considered to be caused by porphyria;); English, out of copyright

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The cow's breast used to inoculate the smallpox vaccine by Luigi Sacco (1769-1836

GIA4788518 The cow's breast used to inoculate the smallpox vaccine by Luigi Sacco (1769-1836) in January 1801. Medical plate from " Vaccination Treat" by Luigi Sacco, Milan, 1809 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cow's breast used to inoculate the smallpox vaccine by Luigi Sacco (1769-1836) in January 1801. Medical plate from " Vaccination Treat" by Luigi Sacco, Milan, 1809); A© Giancarlo Costa; out of copyright

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During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox

During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and less exposed, Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) descend from the safety of the tree canopy looking for a cooler place. Ironically and sadly, this behaviour results in what experts call clumping - where the number of bats in close proximity means that the animals get even hotter. It is often a precursor to mass deaths. On the ground there were already many dead bats that had succumb to this heat-stress event. 
Yarra Bend Golf course, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.
 December, 2019

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