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The Black Death Plague Doctor

A plague doctor was a special medical physician who saw those who had the Bubonic Plague. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some doctors wore a beak-like mask which was filled with aromatic items. The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which (according to the miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause of infection. The protective suit consisted of a heavy fabric overcoat that was waxed. A wooden cane pointer was used to help examine the patient without touching.

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1898 The Tongue and its Taste-buds

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sutured-infection:

from Eugene S. Talbot’s Degeneracy: Its causes, signs and results, 1898

fuckyeahmedicalstuff:

In March of last year, Craig Lewis, 55, was dying from a heart condition that caused build-ups of abnormal proteins, and not even a pacemaker could help save his life.

But two doctors from the Texas Heart Institute proposed a revolutionary new solution – install a ‘continuous flow’ device that would allow blood to circulate his body without a pulse.

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thedoppelganger:

Amputation Instruments: saw, 18th. cent., Lesueur, knife, ca. 1850, Eberle of ‘A’ddorf’; saw, 17th. cent (?) and trepan.

biomedicalephemera:

Atlas and Epitome of Operative Surgery. Dr. Otto Zukerkandi, 1902.

ucsdhealthsciences:

A micrograph of an injured nerve, showing a decrease in myelinated fibers (pink) and an increase in fibrous scar tissue (yellow).

Anatomy Boy, Thomas Woodruff

ANATOMY BOY

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Repairing War’s Ravages: Renovating Facial Injuries. Various plates and attachments in different stages of completion.

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5handscuriosities:

1930 Aluminum Dental Phantom with Steel Gums and Teeth

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Unidentified medical apparatus, 1928

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sutured-infection:

Snow’s chloroform inhaler, 1858

 Does this inhaler smell like chloroform to you?