Images Dated 2013

Sensory homunculus

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

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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Motor homunculus

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

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as pi

Although the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time. Watercolour by Franz Andreas Bauer ca.1810-1840. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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