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Based partially on a love for Johann Remmelin, whose works you can play with here:

Hardin Library Project

Tentacle Porn Goes Oral

YUP

The Bio-Sculptural Chandelier

Chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage

Gaudi, Casa Battlo

Forest chandelier by Hilden & Diaz

And one that uses bacteria:

The National Library of Medicine’s edition of Jehan Cousin’s Livre de Pourtraiture of 1608 had extra drapery drawn over the pudenda of the female protagonist, a censorship technique that had its heyday in the era of Michelangelo.

PMS, now called Fury Road

In the 17th century, cramps were also known as 'uterine fury'

(From Mad Max: Fury Road)

INDEPENDENCE DAY SHORTS

WOO 69 

Convict Love Tokens

Story at Atlas Obscura

Animals on Trial

from the Public Domain Review

More from the Teaches of Peaches

Atrocity Exhibitions

More on the Chapman brothers HERE

And a very cool artist--Morgan Hughes--that I just learned about:

{Post Script: the post title is a reference to J. G. Ballard, whose works I read a very long time ago in a bookstore}

And more historical erotica

more HERE

Let's Stay Together

By Haruhiko Kawaguchi

Cold War Nihilism

Antique Fleshlight?

See other details for yourself.

The outside is carved with erotic scenes, but here's the real evidence:

Just a Man Petting His Pussy

from here

Catching Tears

It is a common misconception that these Roman vessels held tears,

One that is now tethered to the object through its modern name, the lachrymatory.

They were more likely to hold oils, etc., for use at funerals.

But, of course, the Victorians thought that was cool and went with it. I mean, they probably thought that was true, but nowadays it's hard not to think of Victorians as hipsters.

I mean, tears have always been important. That's why pleureuses existed since antiquity.

Here's a new take on it:

Thinking About the Objects of Modern Life

First, a poem that is not an ode, but a reflection on the dress shirt:


 Second, thoughts on how we take objects for granted. Here, a man tries to build his own toaster from scratch:

For more to reflect upon, see the book Doing Things With Things

Fun Image of Gunther Hagens

from HERE

Self-Dissection

...in the art of Danny Quirk. More HERE

Here's a type 1 diabetic looking at his pancreas. 

And a woman looking at her boob.

What a perv

More information at Pinterest

The Most Metal Anatomical Image Ever

See at Dream Anatomy

How Babies Are Made, In No-Nonsense 70s Fashion

Here are some examples from the book:

See the rest at The Daily Dot

What Snake Venom Does to Blood

Well, sometimes, and kind of...

Apparently Coffee Houses Had Tokens

from here

Images of Utagawa Kunisada

from here

From here

from here

Random Non-Kunisada found here

American Ex-Votos

From Hyperallergic we get a look into St. Roch Chapel in New Orleans. Here are some previews:

No Longer Doing It In The Dark

Apparently, indoor lighting created a new interest in sexual commerce. See at the Public Domain Review.

The Natural History of Centaurs

This wonderful short story, Quaestio de Centauris, is not only gut-wrenching, but features an interesting take on the evolution and folklore of the centaur.

Image from Deviant Art

Xylotheks

According to Atlas Obscura:

A xylothek (from the Greek for tree, xylon, and storing place, theke) is an object where the container is a fundamental component of the contents. The term usually refers to books that are both made of wood and filled with wood specimens…. Xylotheks were particularly popular in late 18th century and early 19th century Germany. In these constructions, each book in the xylothek was made out of a particular type of wood, the spine covered with the corresponding bark and decorated with associated moss and lichens. Once opened, the book would reveal samples of dried leaves, flowers, seedlings, roots, and branches, with a special compartment in the spine holding a written description of the species' biology and use.

A very cool image

... of a man taking clothes pins off of his skin. It's apparently part of a local chess tradition:

From The Guardian

Art of Nunzio Paci

From This is Colossal

The Frau Welt, Ugliness, and Art

At kbvollmarblog via Morbid Anatomy

A taste here:

Very Personal Coffins

Of any and every kind, hand-made by this man in Ghana

Seeing Medical Data in New Ways

A blood sugar chart spanning a year by Doug Kantner

From First Aid for Drawing Injuries

Dissecting Family Members

"Seventeenth-century English anatomist William Harvey, best known for discovering the circulation of the blood, dissected the bodies of his father, his sister, and his cousin's husband. Although these anatomical dissections were conducted privately, Harvey mentioned them in his lectures to students, noting the huge size of the colon he removed from his father's abdomen and the heavy weight of his sister's spleen."

-Christine Quigley, Dissection on Display, p. 1

17th-century satirical erotica

First is the Dildoides of 1672. It was written after a plethora of sexual aids were found in luggage coming into England from France. He treats them as martyrs. Full text HERE.

He apparently also wrote poems on masturbation and condoms.

Here's an overview: http://planetpeschel.com/2012/04/samuel_butler_rises_to_the_occasion_1672/

And another poem on Signior Dildo by another poet, John Wilmot, in 1673.

I first learned about these sources from a very cool academic.

Ivory Anatomical Manikin in Art

By Dino Valls

In the bottom, you see a little female manikin with removable parts, similar to the one below in Philadelphia:

And another artist from a prior post:

And a sketched image from before as well:

From Juxtapoz