Compressed Collection (#3)

Sciatica, MRI scan
Sciatica. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the lumbar (lower back) spine of a 35-year-old patient

Spondylodiscitis, MRI scan
Spondylodiscitis. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the spine of a 69-year-old patient with spondylodiscitis at the level of the T7-T8 vertebra

Spina bifida, MRI scan
Fibrolipoma of the spine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the spine of a 24-month-old patient with spina bifida

Fibrolipoma of the spine, MRI scan
Fibrolipoma of the spine. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the thoraco-lumbar spine of a 19-month-old patient

Hyperbaric oxygenation cchamber, Russia
Oxygen therapy. A patient about to be loaded into a small chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In this kind of hard chamber the pressure may be raised to up to 6 bar (600 kilopascal)

Surgery in hyperbaric chamber, Russia
Surgery in a hyoperbaric chamber. View of a chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The lights above an operating table inside the chamber may be seen through the window at left

Patient going into oxygen chamber
Oxygen therapy. A patient about to be loaded into a small chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Here a flexible chamber is being used in the treatment of a pateint with a heart condition

Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber, Russia
Oxygen therapy. Room containing three chambers used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In this kind of hard chamber the pressure may be raised to up to 6 bar (600 kilopascal)

Plant-based insulating materials C014 / 0322
Plant-based insulating materials. Close-up of two different insulating materials made from plant products; one made from compressed dried algae (top) and the other made from soya (Glycine max)

Crocodile flatfish
A crocodile fish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. The flat body shape and colouration help it blend into the sea floor. Photographed off Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Plate 29 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer
Gaston Tissandier. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Gaston Tissandier. Date between 1880 and 1900

Brachaluteres jacksonianus, southern pygmy leatherjacket
Plate 28 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. This is a small compressed fish with no pelvic fins and a prominent dorsal spine

Argentina, Santa Cruz Province, Glaciers National Park. Perito Moreno Glacier from a viewpoint kiosk

USA, Alaska, Inside Passage. Detail of pattern in blue ice on glacier

GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
Battery operated communications equipment for use with compressed air breathing apparatus sets. Microphones are fitted into the specially adapted full face masks

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

Diving, Malta 1969
Divers vent compressed air from a valve in the roof of the Underwater House, after setting it up, 30 feet beneath the surface of Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. Date: 1969

Gas compressor at an oil refinery
Oil refinery equipment. Gas compressor at an oil refinery. Gas compressors are usually used to compress a gas for transport

DVD media, computer artwork

Potts disease. Coloured X-ray of the spine of a patient with Potts disease, or tuberculosis (TB) of the spine. The vertebrae (brown blocks) have become compacted and inflamed (red, yellow)

Osteoporosis of the back, X-ray
Osteoporosis of the back, coloured X-ray. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bone density is reduced, weakening the bones and making them susceptible to fractures

Spinal osteoporosis, X-ray
Spinal osteoporosis. Coloured X-ray of the lumbar region of the spine of an elderly female patient with osteoporosis. The bones have lost their density and have become porous and fragile

Folded limestone, Crete
Folded limestone. Angular folds in pelagic (formerly sea bed rock) platy (plate-like in structure) limestone. Folds form under varied conditions of stress, hydrostatic pressure, pore pressure

Coloured coastal rock. These colourful streaks result from the deposition and compression of coloured sediment during the rock formation. Photographed in Polzeath, Cornwall, UK

Decaying leaves for compost. Decaying oak leaves (Quercus robur) in a wire container. Once these leaves have decayed, they can be used as a compost known as leaf mould

Stacked peat pots. This pot is used for starting seeds and is made from compressed peat. The entire pot can be planted and the roots of the seedling grow trough the walls of the pot

Compressed spring. Image 3 of 3. This spring is being used for a demonstration of Hookes Law. Hookes Law states that, up to an elastic limit

Sewer Construction under London, 1910
Illustration showing the construction of a sewer from Belgrave Square to Barking, under London, in 1910. On the right of the image is the Greathead Shield

Hiking Sanitary Towels
Advert for Southalls compressed sanitary towels, each one packed with two safety pins and made especially for hikers! Talk about cashing in!

V-1 Flying Bomb exhibited in London; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing a German V-1 Flying Bomb, on display in an exhibition in the Piccadilly showrooms of Rootes Ltd. London, 1944

The Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, 1874
Engraving of the Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, invented by the French engineer M. Denayrouze, 1874. Denayrouze designed this compressed air breathing machine for use in exploring mines full of

Preserving life in mines, the aerophore apparatus. Invented by Mr B. Rouquayrol and Mr. Denayrouze, the Aerophone, which supplied compressed air through a hose

Scrap metal at a recycling plant in Blackburn UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Castel Helicopter 1878
The compressed-air project of French engineer P Castel

Paul Bert / Anaesthetics
Dr. Paul Berts method of using compressed nitrous oxide

Glass Blowing, France
Blowing a large globe using compressed air, in a French glassworks

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