- Blood circulation in the newborn1
- Blood plasma, normally clear, turns milky white when levels of cholesterol and other fatty substances become to high1
- Blood pressure being taken of a suspected case of hypertension1
- Breast-feeding gives a baby the best start in life. What was sound in traditional practices of the past should not be destroyed in the name of progress1
- Bulk transport of pharmaceuticals - in this case anti-cholera supplies en route to South-East Asia. Whatever the moevment of drugs takes place, and particularly when they have to be repackaged, what is important from the point view of safegauarding drug quality is to locate the high-risk points1
- Cancer clinics and cancer institutes have been set up throughout the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This woman is having a mammography test - which uses x-rays to check for possible breast cancer- at the Salah Azaïz Cancer Institute in Tunis1
- Cauterization, the application of heat, is a recognized form of treatment for certain mental disorders under the Tibetan system of medicine, which draws on both Ayurveda and Chinese traditional healing1
- Cave rescue teams1
- Checking blood pressure with an electronic machine1
- Childhood tuberculosis is a slow, insidious disease. This vietnamese boy is getting his BCG vaccube protection against it1
- Children in the Netherlands learning how to keep their mouths healthy. Good habits started early in life are a sound foundation for oral health1
- Cholera can thrive where poverty, overcrowding and primitive sanitation are found together, as in this Asian city1
- Collecting a drop of blood on a standard disc of blotting paper1
- Congenital malformations of the heart originate in the embryo1
- Control of the virus diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti is an increasingly important problem. The mosquito is a vector of yellow fever but it also transmits hemorrhagic fever. A aegypti is the most "domesticated" of all mosquitoes- where man congregates, there this mosquito multiplies abundantly1
- Current techniques for stimulating the "points" include the use of lasers1
- Dehydration turns the snake poison into very fine yellowish crystals1
- Dental assistants in Bacau, Romania1
- Difference phases of a heart operation. 12743: The machine that circulates blood to the vessels in the heart and brain during the operation while the heart itself is stopped. 12745: reconnecting the arteries by sewing together with a device developed in the Soviet Union several years ago ans since adopted by cardiac surgeons all over the world. 12744: after the operation an electric stimulator is applied in the heart area to start a regular beat1
- Direct method of examining the fundus oculi or eyeground1