Mind

A Handsome Brain

The LoomBy Carl ZimmerJul 10, 2007 8:10 AM

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Larry Moran passes on the rules of the game: go to the Wellcome Library's new image bank and find your favorite scientific image. Here's my pick: the first good picture of the brain, drawn by Christopher Wren in 1664 for Thomas Willis, the first neurologist. (More on Willis and Wren here.)

[Credit: Wellcome Institute, Creative Commons License.]

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