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EVB2936225: U.S. flag waving in foreground over flight deck of an escort carrier on July 16, 1943. Of the 151 aircraft carriers built in the United States during WWII, 122 were escort carriers, cheaper, slower, lighter ships often used to protect convoys and provide air support during island invasions / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936644: Circulation of the blood from William Harvey's ON THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART AND BLOOD, 1628. Illustrations of a tourniqueted human forearms with pronounced superficial blood veins to indicate circulation. Fig. 3: Blood flow is blocked at two points, O and H. At O, the blood pools in a valve and does not flow toward the hand, but flows toward the heart. Fig. 4: Blood flow is blocked at two points, M and N, with no valve within section / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936646: Woodcut of a hand with palmist markings to aid the interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand in fortune telling. From Magnus Hundt's ANTROPOLOGIUM, 1501, an anatomical text that interpreted anatomy physiologically, philosophically, and religiously / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936519: Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), with his wife and medical partner, Helene Bresslau, in 1913, the year they established their first mission hospital at Lambarene, Gabon (then French Equatorial Africa). Five decades later, he received the 1952 Nobel Prize for his humanitarian work / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936594: A pregnant woman, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (c. 1370-1423). Figure showing arteries, internal organs including the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys. The fetus is in the breach position and attached to the heart by an artery. Copy completed by Hasan ibn Ahmad, working in Isfahan, in 1488 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936604: Whirling bed and chair used to tranquilize patients inmates in mental hospitals in 19th century Belgium, by pioneering physician Joseph Guislain (1797-1860). As head of the mental hospitals of Ghent, he developed a humane therapeutic environment for the insane. c. 1835 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089653: Alan Price, former member of The Animals pop group, visiting the North of England Development Council stand and the Tyne and Wear stands at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia. He spoke on behalf of the region after being invited by the NEDC. Mrs Gillian Brady is seen here showing Alan Price some ofthe displays. 12/03/1975 / Bridgeman Images