The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks
Macrocystis pyrifera, giant kelpGiant kelp, also known as kelp forest, seaweed and sea grass. Specimen annotated as Macrocystis pirifera from South Africa, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Costume / Men / Jester 14CA medieval court jester in two-tone yellow and black, with bells and bladder
Fouberts surgical operation to remove a bladder stone: Mr Fouberts scalpel 1, flexible canula 2 and mark on the perineum for the external incision
Death, playing the bagpipes, lifts up the Fool's green robes to expose him.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death
Medieval men inflating pig bladders, playingMedieval men inflating pig bladders (for bagpipes?), playing mandolins and pipes. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette
Poison gooseberry, Withania somnifera, and bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557
Senna, Senna alexandrina, and bladder senna, Colutea arborescens. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557
Bladder campion, Silene vulgaris, Silene inflata, Silene renfle. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A
Bladder cherry or Chinese lantern, Physalis alkekengi, Alkekenge. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr
Knight, fool and girl, 16th century GermanyKnight (reiter) with wheel-lock pistol and harem pants A, jester with bladder and marotte (bauble), B, and girl in long petticoat and apron from Strasbourg C
Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Epibulia ritteriana 1, 2, and Salacella uvaria 3-6. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur
Siphonophora jellyfish colony. Physophora hydrostatica (Discolabe quadrigata), colony, gas bladder, swimming bell, polyp, etc
Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Porpema prunella and Porpita species, young and adult colonies, gas bladder, etc. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in
Moon snail and nautilusBladder moon snail, Neverita didyma 1, crusty nautilus, Nonion umbilicatulum 2, and chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius 3, 4. Natice, Nautile
Ambush bug and Chinese lantern plantAmbush bug, Macrocephalus cimicoides 1, 2, and bladder cherry or Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi 3. Phymates, Physalide
Surgical instruments to remove foreign bodies from the esophagus 1-3, encysted stone in the bladder 4 and a hernia in the bowel 5
Surgical chairs and instruments for a bladderSurgical chairs with patients held in place for a bladder stone operation through the groin, Plate 12. Surgical instruments including dilators 1-3, curette 6 and hook curette 7, Plate 11
Chinese lantern, Physalis alkekengiL Alkekenge de la Chine. Chinese lantern, Physalis alkekengi. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses
Bladder heath, Erica physodes (Mr. Lamberts hybrid heath, Erica lambertiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
Bladder hibiscus, Hibiscus trionum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1792
Bladder wrack, Fucus vesiculosus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880
PLANTS / SILENE CUCUBALUSBLADDER CAMPION Date: early 20th century
Anatomy of human internal organs.. Anatomy of human internal organs from the front showing heart, stomach, intestines, kidneys and bladder
Codex Granatensis: Tacuinum Sanitatis. 1400. Folio 85r. Illustration about dates, Fruits which strengthen the bladder. Codex C-67 of Granada with fragment of medieval handbook on health
Habitat of Aplecta Hypnorum (Moss Bladder Snail), Mahee Island - a view of two boys, one fishing in a net, for snails. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s
Illustration, Orthosiidae -- Hadenidae -- Luperina Virens, Miselia Oxyacanthae, Dichonia Aprilina, Polia Chi, Dianthoecia Albimacula, Dianthoecia Compta, Mamestra Dysodea, Mamestra Dentina
Hibiscus africanus, bladder katmia
Casuarius bennetti, dwarf cassowaryWatercolour by John Keulemans, (c. 1900) commissioned by Lord Rothschild and drawn from a live specimen at his menagerie at Tring, Hertfordshire
Cystopteris diaphana, diaphanous bladder fernAn SEM showing a close-up of the spiny-lacunar surface of the diaphanous bladder fern (Cystopteris diaphana) spore. Photographed using Philips XL30 SEM
Phasianus colchicus elegans, common pheasantPlate 58 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Pinus sylvestris, scots pineScanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a pollen grain from a scots pine. Note the air bladders that help it to float through the air (x 1500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Indian Water Carrier and his Bullock, IndiaIndian Water Carrier (Bhisti) and his Bullock, India Date: circa 1909
Kidney & Bladder 18th Csections of the kidneys and the bladder. Date: Circa 1760
Jesters (Smith)In the background is a FOOL, a kind of domestic idiot : the JESTER is a more sophisticated creature, expected to be witty rather than the butt of coarse amusement. Date: 1272
Plants / Hibiscus TrionumBLADDER HIBISCUS
