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A case of Scurvy
Description: Page from the journal of Henry Walsh Mahon showing the effects of scurvy, from his time aboard HM Convict Ship Barrosa.
Date: 1841/2
Health Sciences Image Sources
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL) by CDCMuch of the information critical to the communication of public health messages is pictorial rather than text-based. Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. We welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages.
- DPDx Parasite image library (CDC)CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM) A-Z list of parasites.
- Gray's AnatomyIllustrations from Henry Gray's 1918 work Anatomy of the Human Body.
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) by NIHImages from the History of Medicine (IHM) in NLM Digital Collections provides online access to images from the historical collections of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. IHM includes image files of a wide variety of visual media including including portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the 15th to 21st century.
- Becker Medical Library - Images guideLinks and tools to aid in finding medical images to print or download.
Science Image Sources
- Biodiversity Heritage LibraryDigitized books and journals; mostly older materials; freely available.
- NASA Life Sciences Data ArchiveContains information about experiments conducted from NASA's first experiments during the 1960s to the present time.
- Science & Society Picture LibraryRepresenting the visual collections of London's Science Museum, the Science & Industry Museum, the Science & Media Museum, Locomotion and the Railway Museum, as well as select contributors.
Social Sciences Image Sources
- Anthropology ImagesCollections concerning archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology, the APS is a rich resource of images depicting both the study of these disciplines and the people who practiced them
- World Digital LibraryCreated by UNESCO and the Library of Congress, the World Digital Library provides free online access to world cultural treasures. Includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings from a variety of countries.
- Science & Society Picture LibraryRepresenting the visual collections of London's Science Museum, the Science & Industry Museum, the Science & Media Museum, Locomotion and the Railway Museum, as well as select contributors.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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Collection of nearly 2 million images, documenting artistic traditions across many times and cultures. Embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
General Web Image Resources
- Pexels
All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated. You can modify the photos and videos from Pexels. Be creative and edit them as you like. - Unsplash
All photos can be downloaded and used for free
Commercial and non-commercial purposes
No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!). What is not permitted - Creative Commons
The nonprofit Creative Commons enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, providing convenient access to Google Image, Flickr and Wikimedia Commons.
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Flickr Commons provides access to publicly-held photography collections from cultural institutions around the world, including the Smithsonian, Getty, NASA, and the National Media Museum.