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Aspirin crystals: M I Walker, Wellcome Images
Every year, a panel of judges at London's Wellcome Collection of medical photographs selects the best of the year's acquisitions. This striking collection, reproduced here, represents the best medical images of the year.
The 19 images cover a wide variety of subjects and techniques, from the above picture of aspirin crystals to a picture of a seed taken with an electron microscope. This year’s winners show how unexpectedly artistic objects such as your bone, skin, and even your intestine can be, and we've got them all here for you.
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They may want to consider getting a new panel of judges. Stunning? I think not. These photos were unimpressive at best.
Aspirin crystal crop circles? No doubt made by very small aliens.
I agree with Khayman... there were a couple of images I thought were well done like the hair follicle axons, but come on,,, the mechanical heart? Based on whether or not I would forward the link to my blog or facebook, I would say not interesting medical pictures.
from avondale , az
the lung cancer looked like a small different colored city. that just keeps expanding and expanding
from Los Angeles, CA
Khayman: your comment just tells us that you undoubtedly play bright, colorful, animated video games all day that have left you no ability to appreciate real life, regardless of scale. Now, go back to your Super Mario Brothers and leave the adults alone.
Rib2: as to the "crop circles" micrograph, I had a similar thought: it struck me as resembling the cryptographic symbols on Mayan and Aztec ruins. I wonder if the shapes have some significance-- perhaps they serve as abrasive teeth that scour away surfaces, such as the plaques associated with arterial disease, explaining why aspirin helps prevent heart attacks. And maybe it is that lamprey-mouth-like surface that also scours away the lining of the stomach, causing the bleeding it is associated with.
@billdale: trolling troll is trolling
@billdale: alternatively, khayman's comment tells us that he is a self-important douchebag who uses worn out phrases such as, "I think not..." and "(adjective) is/was/were feeble at best," who is better suited to criticizing the work of others than actually doing something productive.
I agree with Khayman... there were a couple of images I thought were well done like the hair follicle axons.
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I agree with Khayman. there were a couple of images I thought were well done like the hair follicle axons. khayman's comment tells us that he is a self-important douchebag who uses worn out phrases such as, "I think not feeble at best," who is better suited to criticizing the work of others than actually doing something productive.
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