Images Dated 2018

The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H

Profugit in tenebris lux mundi, et conditor orbis/ Exul apud Pharios latitat res mira tyrannos./ Rebus in adversis exemplum sine sumiti Christi,/ Quem semper tristi fortuna exercivit ira. H. Goudt. Palat. Comes et Aur. Mil. Eques 1613 - 1609-1613

© Wellcome Collection / Adam Elsheimer

Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)

Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae). Flamingos are tall wading birds with long, delicate legs and downturned bills. They also have long, curved necks which are made up of multiple vertebrae as seen here. The flamingo is 62 cm from ground to shoulder

© Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College / Royal Veterinary College

Curve, Delicate, Development, Flamingo, Fragile, Morphology, Specimen, Structure, Support, Tall, Wading, White

Daoyin tu - chart for leading and guiding people in exercise for improving health

Daoyin tu - chart for leading and guiding people in exercise for improving health and treatment of pain, containing animal postures such as bear walk. This is a reconstruction of a Guiding and Pulling Chart excavated from the Mawangdui Tomb 3 (sealed in 168BC) in the former kingdom of Changsha. The original is in the Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China

© Wellcome Collection