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  • Mouse brain capillaries, SEM
  • Ant head and mandibles, photomacrography
  • Mouse embryo
  • Human femoral bone, AFM
  • Salmonella Typhimurium infection of a human epithelial cell
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    Counselling for social anxiety disorder, illustration

    Jasmine Parker
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    Salmon sea louse mouth, fish parasite

    Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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    Venus flytrap pollen grains, SEM

    Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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    Neural tube of zebrafish embryo (red)

    Rachel Ashworth/William Hinkes
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    Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts

    Dr Henry Oakeley
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