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Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
December 5, 2013
October 13, 2011
Plate I
War and information, all of civilization.
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865). Part I. Volume II
1876
June 4, 2011
Enlisting in the Marines
Complete body confidence. "Go ahead," he's saying. "Peek."
San Francisco, California
1941
from These Americans
March 23, 2011
Chomp
It seems that in the 70s they got pretty creative with the whole virgin sacrifice thing.
California Museum of Science and Industry, LA, CA
1970s
from Remembering the CMSI
February 27, 2011
She did her homework in parked cars!
Well, if you're going to show the Actual Birth of a Baby!, best to do it in color.
Movie Poster
1967
from Wrong Side of the Art,
but seen on I Love Hot Dogs
January 3, 2011
December 6, 2010
November 21, 2010
November 14, 2010
DYSFUNCTIONAL CEREBRUM
No matter how clearly labelled, it seems like you always grab the wrong brain.
Movie Still from Frankenstein
1931
from Monster Brains
October 3, 2010
Rawleigh Cures
Okay, anybody else think it would be fun to fill your medicine cabinet with shit like Anti-Pain Oil and Nervine and Herb-Iron Compound and see if guests ever say anything?
Rawleigh's 1956 Almanac & Good Health Guide
1956
September 14, 2010
moonstone-studded ear trumpet of poet and artist Ethel Anderson
You know, I don't think I've ever seen one of these outside of a cartoon. A clever solution, you have to admit. Mine would be all banged up and tarnished, though.
Wales
1940s
from ABC News
August 31, 2010
August 24, 2010
June 15, 2010
John F. Claghorn, Civil War Veteran
Together, these two photos tell a story that I can't imagine living through. Why did they remove the bone and not the arm? Did he retain use of that hand?
Newark, NJ
1860s
from New York Public Library
Newark, NJ
1860s
from New York Public Library
May 16, 2010
Boulevard de Strasbourg
It looks to me like these are mostly understuff with a purpose, like holding in a hernia and so on. Anyway, I love this picture - especially the little display models.
Paris, France
1926, photographer Eugène Atget
May 2, 2010
G. Washington's Teeth
You want a rebuttal for "intelligent design"? Teeth.
National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, MD
1910s
April 29, 2010
Contents of an Ostrich's stomach
Once again, I have to turn to the official description, because the facts are enough.
Somehow, during its lifetime, the poor bird managed to ingest a lace handkerchief, a buttoned glove, a length of rope, a plain handkerchief (probably a man's), assorted copper coins, metal tacks, staples and hooks, and a four-inch nail - a step too far, and the cause of death.
London, England
1930, photographer FW Bond
from The National Media Museum
Somehow, during its lifetime, the poor bird managed to ingest a lace handkerchief, a buttoned glove, a length of rope, a plain handkerchief (probably a man's), assorted copper coins, metal tacks, staples and hooks, and a four-inch nail - a step too far, and the cause of death.
London, England
1930, photographer FW Bond
from The National Media Museum
April 17, 2010
Nursing
How did this picture happen? Who took it? I know they were probably annoying as hell, but I wish nurses still wore the little hats.
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from signs and wonders' flickr stream
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