Images Dated 10th October 2003

Boy with ball in street; car approaching

© CSA-Printstock

534502465, Child, Danger, Illustration, Misfortune, One Person, Playful, Pop Art

HMS Northumberland glides over the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The Duke Class, Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland glides over the Great Barrier Reef, Australia during her 2001 deployment to the area

© Crown Copyright

Artwork of sputum in lungs with chronic bronchitis

Chronic bronchitis. Illustration of sputum collecting in the airways of a human lung affected by chronic bronchitis. The lobed structures are bunches of alveoli, the tiny air sacs where oxygen is absorbed into the blood. Chronic bronchitis is a common condition in which sputum, a yellow-green fluid, is coughed up regularly over a number of years. The sputum is produced by mucus-secreting cells in lung's airways when inflamed by infection or irritation. The disease also causes narrowing of airways in the lungs, and is associated with smoking. There is no cure for chronic bronchitis, which often shows an inexorable progression with increasing shortness of breath

© JOHN BAVOSI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY