Biology Collection

Sensory homunculus
This model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its sensory perception

Motor homunculus
This model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its movement

Garden Paintings from the so-called Villa of Livia, Primaporta, Rome, c.20 BC. Roman art. Fresco

Liver
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a section through a liver (x 7000), an organ that has over 500 functions in the human body (x 800)

Human cell
Illustration of a highly magnified section through a human cell. Page 8 from Human Biology, 1977

Under the Microscope / C18
Animacules : microscopic creatures as seen under a microscope; the last two rows are human sperm

Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologist
Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban biologist noted for work on yellow fever. Date: circa 1900

Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gori
Gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and human. Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature. Illustration published in Mans Place in Nature, Vol. 7 from a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist who made many contributions to biology and coined the term metabolism

Study of plants and flowers. Renaissance art. Drawing

Futuristic underwater exploration, with two men in diving gear observing an array of strange creatures

Dr Deijmans Anatomy Lesson
Engraving after a painting by Rembrandt, showing a physician looking in detail at deceased mans brain

Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View, in Walking Posture Date: 1800

Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View Date: 1800

Explaining theory of circulation to King Charles I

Dr C. Thomas frightens birds with flare, Manchester Airport
Dr (now Professor) Callum Thomas, in 1987 the countrys only full-time bird scarer, fires a maroon flare to frighten birds at Manchester Airport

The Muscular System of the Human Body - from the front and the rear. Date: circa 1790

Charles Darwin - English Naturalist
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - English Naturalist and Geologist - pioneer of Evolutionary Theory. Date: circa 1870

Animalcules
At this time, it is thought that all living things - even including sperm and beasties found in dunghill water - are creatures in their own right, little animals or animalcules

DNA. Deoxyribonucleic acid, model

Lyall Watson, South African scientist and author
Lyall Watson (1939-2008), South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and author. Through his work he attempted to make sense of natural

GOUT
Diagram to show how various parts of the body are affected by the inflammatory symptoms of gout

Cross section of a heart
Cross section of a human heart showing the various chambers and valves. Date: 1910

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Engraving. Colored
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Swedish physician and botanist. Engraving by G. Neumann in Our Century, 1883. Colored

William Henry Dallinger
WILLIAM HENRY DALLINGER Churchman and naturalist, who sought to reconcile theology and biology. Date: 1842 - 1909

Dallingers Laboratory
The rev William DALLINGERs laboratory, where he sought to reconcile theology and biology. Date: 1888

Henry Wentworth Acland
Sir HENRY WENTWORTH ACLAND Prominent medical figure, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, Fellow Royal Society, promoted teaching of biology and chemistry. Date: 1815 - 1900

UCLA - University of California Los Angeles, USA
Biology and Physics Library (now Kinsey Hall), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood, California, USA. Seen here while still under construction. circa 1929

Mendel, Gregor Johann (1822-1884). Austrian biologist. Mendelian inheritance. Oil

BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de (1707-1788). French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

AZARA, F鬩x de (1746-1821). Spanish explorer, naturalist
AZARA, F鬩 x de (1746-1821). Spanish explorer, naturalist, engineer and cartographer. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Ursus speleaus, great cave bear
Fig. 28 from A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, by Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), published in 12 parts, 1844-1846

Homo sapiens, human and Gorilla gorilla, western gorilla
Drawing of a human skeleton and a gorilla skeleton. Published in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 5, Part 1 by Richard Owen, 1866

Human Brain Display

Exhibit from the Human Biology gallery
Close up of exhibit in the Human Biology gallery. A model of a human head illustrating the computing functions of the human brain

Human biology
Find out about the different kinds of memory we use, the Human biology gallery

Medical plants. Poppy (Papaver somniferum). Engraving

HAECKEL, Ernest (1834-1919). German biologist. Engraving

Bullfrog. Ranidae amphibian. Engraving from a painting by F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

Chimaera (Chimaera arctica). Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

Anatomical study
A study of female anatomy by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

Children Study Pondlife
Children catching things in a pond during a biology lesson Date: 1950s

Human Biology Class
Fifth year C.S.E. class study Human Biology at Manor School, Eastcombe

Futuristic study of microbes
A scientist studies microbes magnified on a screen

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