EditorialDemodex, Print, Demodex is a genus of tiny mites that live in or near hair follicles of mammals. Around 65 species of Demodex are known. Two species live on humans: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis, both frequently referred to as eyelash mites. ...
EditorialInferno: Dante speaking to Graf Ugolino della Gherardesca from Pisa, who is gnawing on the scalp of his political rival, Archbishop Ruggiero. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th centu...
Editorialeonardo da Vinci, Sagittal and Horizontal Sections of the Human Head with Layers of the Head compared with an Onion. K/P 32r (ca. 1490). On this page Leonardo outlined in a sagittal and transverse plane the 'cell doctrine' concept. The brain cavity is ...
Editorialeonardo da Vinci, Sagittal and Horizontal Sections of the Human Head with Layers of the Head compared with an Onion. K/P 32r (ca. 1490). On this page Leonardo outlined in a sagittal and transverse plane the 'cell doctrine' concept. The brain cavity is ...
EditorialInferno: Dante speaking to Graf Ugolino della Gherardesca from Pisa, who is gnawing on the scalp of his political rival, Archbishop Ruggiero. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th centu...
EditorialAnatomical drawing. Circulatory system, Muscles, Head, face, eye, ear, scalp and eyelid. Planches anatomiques du corps humain execute?es d’apre?s les dimensions naturelles. Paris France 1826. Anatomical print of the human body with natural dimensio...
EditorialHis hair, once so lovely, falls as if from old age; his scalp grows bald before his age.... Le Livre Sans Titre (the book without title.). Paris 1830. A book warning of the deadly perils of self abuse, or masturbation. The illustraions show the decline...
EditorialThe Scalp-Dance of the Sioux. Dated: c. 1842. Dimensions: image: 20.48 ? 30.64 cm (8 1/16 ? 12 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.4 ? 45.56 cm (13 15/16 ? 17 15/16 in.). Medium: brown ink wash and graphite with scratched highlights on wove paper.
EditorialThe Scalp-Dance of the Sioux. Dated: c. 1842. Dimensions: image: 20.48 ? 30.64 cm (8 1/16 ? 12 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.4 ? 45.56 cm (13 15/16 ? 17 15/16 in.). Medium: brown ink wash and graphite with scratched highlights on wove paper.
EditorialSioux men dancing the Scalp Dance after a victory. They wave scalps stretched on poles, brandish knives, pipes and tomahawks, their bodies decorated with vermilion and charcoal tattoos. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and ...
EditorialPortrait of Iole, daughter of Eurytus, seducer of Hercules in Greek mythology, on amethyst from Lord Montague's collection. She wears the Nemean lion scalp on her head. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eig...
EditorialAssinboine chief Wi-jun-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head, in traditional costume of goatskin shirt and leggings, buffalo skin robe decorated with scalp-locks, and eagle feather headdress and in western dress after visiting Washington. Handcoloured lithograph fro...
EditorialMeskwaki warrior Ah-mou-a, Whale, 287 with shield, staff, war club, scalp-locks, bear teeth necklace and moccasins, and his wife Wa-quo-the-qua, Buck's Wife or Female Deer, in mackinaw blanket. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Cust...
EditorialMandan men and boys dancing a sham fight and sham scalp-dance. Boys with small bows, reed arrows and wooden knives learning hunting and fighting techniques. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North Americ...
EditorialBattle scenes of the decorated robe of Mandan second chief Mah-to-toh-pa, Four Bears. Killing a Sioux warrior with three kills, lancing a Cheyenne, shooting a Cheyenne, and taking the scalp of a Cheyenne chief. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catli...
EditorialThe practice of scalping a defeated enemy corpse by the Native Americans g, stretched scalps for a scalp dance a, small scalps c, scalp on a war club d, scalp pole on a teepee f and trophy on a bridle b. Man who has survived a scalping h. Handcoloured ...
EditorialMeskwaki chief Kee-o-kuk, Running Fox, with shield, staff, tomahawk decorated with scalp-locks, bear teeth necklace, moccasins, and blanket. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, Lond...
EditorialChiefs of the Otoe nation: N-way-ke-sug-ga, He Who Strikes Two at Once wearing necklace of bear claws and robe fringed with scalp-locks 143, and Raw-no-way-woh-krah, Loose Pipe-Stem in skin of grizzly bear and eagle feather headdress 144. Handcoloured ...
EditorialCrow horseman with headdress of eagle feathers, long hair, lance decorated with eagle quills, goatskin shirt and leggings decorated with scalp locks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indi...
EditorialSioux chief Ha-won-je-tah, One Horn, of the Mee-ne-cow-e-gee band, named for a single shell hanging from his neck. In a robe of elk skins fringed with porcupine quills and scalp-locks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and C...
EditorialChief Tehong-tas-sab-bee, Black Dog, of the Osage nation with tobacco pipe, tomahawk with scalp-locks, shaved head with dyed-red deer hair crest, moccasins with scalps, and mackinaw blanket. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs...
EditorialScalp diseases Porrigo crustacea and P. furfuracea, and skin diseases Ecthyma vulgaris and E. luridum, ulcerative pyoderma of the skin caused by bacteria such as Streptococcus pyogenes. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by John Pass from John ...