From Creepypasta
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Birth Girdle
"Were they damaged during repeated use in the events
surrounding labour and delivery, when the roll, according to its instructions,
was laid over the womb of the woman to ease the delivery?"
More HERE
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
The Art of Natural History Dioramas
Sally: How do they get all these animals?
Glen: Teddy Roosevelt killed them.
Sally: Do you think they were a family?
Glen: I hope so. Otherwise, they’d be walking around saying,
“We just need a baby to finish this diorama.”
From The Atlantic
Modern Dissections and Different Ethics
The Danes have been making headlines with their public dissections of animals--one giraffe and one lion, as well as others.
Like public anatomies of the past, it is considered educational. Today, there are more issues at hand--animal rights, understanding food, the innocence of children, etc. etc. Nonetheless, the zoo has made statements on each of these topics. An interesting topic, no matter where you stand.
Like public anatomies of the past, it is considered educational. Today, there are more issues at hand--animal rights, understanding food, the innocence of children, etc. etc. Nonetheless, the zoo has made statements on each of these topics. An interesting topic, no matter where you stand.
Charité/Medizinhistorisches Museum, Berlin
Ruins of the old anatomical theater at the Berlin Medizinhistorisches Museum
Giant wooden skull
Moving simulation of how large bodies (such as that of a horse) were lifted into the tieranatomisches theater
Fingernails
Tieranatomisches Theater
Giant wooden brain with cross-sections
"injected face skin"
Monday, October 12, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
You had me at Marzipan Skeleton
The edible skeleton of Daniel Sperry
courtesy of Hyperallergic
And something a little MORE REALISTIC