https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/2010/09/16/royal-mail-celebrates-british <span>Royal Mail celebrates British medical and scientific breakthroughs</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Good news for science-loving fans of philately: Royal Mail have released a set of stamps to celebrate British medical breakthroughs throughout the ages. </p> <p>The launch marks some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century and include the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897 which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin and the computed tomography (CT) scanner. </p> <p>You can get your hands on the set at your local Post Office or via the <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1?catId=32300674&amp;mediaId=127200772">Royal Mail website</a>. </p> <p>Click on the images below to gigantify them.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-d6d2c87ebbcd85a98ff3da70d2e45cee-Medical Breakthrough 58p Penicilin.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-671d7b598f5cb08bb4bd23ecda3cb874-Medical Breakthrough 58p Penicilin-thumb-130x124-55865.jpg" alt="i-671d7b598f5cb08bb4bd23ecda3cb874-Medical Breakthrough 58p Penicilin-thumb-130x124-55865.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-586866f734b369bc6a56e5177a29dfa9-Medical Breakthrough 67p Lens Implant.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-03af5e338adebed973c421dc42ab7a08-Medical Breakthrough 67p Lens Implant-thumb-130x124-55868.jpg" alt="i-03af5e338adebed973c421dc42ab7a08-Medical Breakthrough 67p Lens Implant-thumb-130x124-55868.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-ab39902c707789c6c72e9487d1644d6c-Medical Breakthroughs 1st Beta blockers.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-dc204382248d62d8dc96efea3ceba4ee-Medical Breakthroughs 1st Beta blockers-thumb-130x124-55871.jpg" alt="i-dc204382248d62d8dc96efea3ceba4ee-Medical Breakthroughs 1st Beta blockers-thumb-130x124-55871.jpg" /></a> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-7d33b5360f1d51d2306c800b13e15d24-Medical Breakthroughs 60p Hip replacement.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-d5443863eef49857a71945222c496748-Medical Breakthroughs 60p Hip replacement-thumb-130x123-55874.jpg" alt="i-d5443863eef49857a71945222c496748-Medical Breakthroughs 60p Hip replacement-thumb-130x123-55874.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-f430a832bc44a2bc628a83afb4c7c2c4-Medical Breakthroughs 88p Malaria.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-b46b47eac27af018c29f97c00a5c0504-Medical Breakthroughs 88p Malaria-thumb-130x124-55877.jpg" alt="i-b46b47eac27af018c29f97c00a5c0504-Medical Breakthroughs 88p Malaria-thumb-130x124-55877.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-dea0ef5a504ab2b4ebf8ad1f321356fb-Medical Breakthroughs 97p Tomography scanner.jpg"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/wp-content/blogs.dir/281/files/2012/04/i-17bfcf9fc277dbda56bd4e01a9a66c62-Medical Breakthroughs 97p Tomography scanner-thumb-130x124-55880.jpg" alt="i-17bfcf9fc277dbda56bd4e01a9a66c62-Medical Breakthroughs 97p Tomography scanner-thumb-130x124-55880.jpg" /></a></p></div> <p>Previously: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/sciencepunk/2010/02/royal_mail_celebrates_350_year.php">Royal Mail celebrates 350 years of the Royal Society </a></p> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/author/sciencepunk" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">sciencepunk</span></span> <span>Thu, 09/16/2010 - 04:03</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/breakthroughs" hreflang="en">breakthroughs</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/discoveries" hreflang="en">discoveries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/philately" hreflang="en">philately</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/royal-mail" hreflang="en">royal mail</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/stamps" hreflang="en">stamps</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/sciencepunk/2010/09/16/royal-mail-celebrates-british%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:03:20 +0000 sciencepunk 138255 at https://scienceblogs.com