Sutured Infection

From Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica libri...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:20:04 -0700

From Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543

slowartday: Magdalena Dukiewicz

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:09:26 -0700

slowartday:

Magdalena Dukiewicz

biomedicalephemera: Early ether administration methods Top:...

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:52:36 -0700

biomedicalephemera:

Early ether administration methods

Top: Using a drip-cloth to put a woman in labor under anesthesia.
Second: Gauze-filled face-piece used in the same manner as the drip-cloth (by soaking the covering material).
Third: Automatic pressurized ether gas administration mask.
Fourth: Manual ether gas administration mask.

The early anesthesia gasses consisted of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), ether, and chloroform. Ether was the most effective in putting people under, and had the largest therapeutic index (the difference between the recommended dosage and a toxic overdose), but had significant side-effects (such as nausea and vomiting, even before consciousness was regained, resulting in aspiration), and suppressed the autonomic breathing reflex in high enough concentrations.

Today, the only one of the three original anesthetic gasses that is still in use is nitrous oxide. It’s generally used along with local anesthetic, since it is not of the best use in causing complete unconsciousness, but its action on the brain decreases discomfort whilst awake.

Images:
An American Text-Book of Obstetrics for Practitioners and Students. Edited by Richard C. Norris, 1895.
High-Grade Hospital Furniture and Appliances Catalog. Max Wocher & Son, 1905.

samuel-long: London Fog, 1938

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:47:42 -0700

samuel-long:

London Fog, 1938

Photo

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:07:09 -0700

aurasandlevitations: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Mirror

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:02:41 -0700

aurasandlevitations:

Andrei Tarkovsky’s Mirror

meanassmoses: Scanned from something, can’t recall the title....

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:47:30 -0700

meanassmoses:

Scanned from something, can’t recall the title. Wish I knew. Getcher enormous .tiff here.

Frozen human cross-section, from Joseph D. Bryant and Albert H....

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:33:00 -0700

Frozen human cross-section, from Joseph D. Bryant and Albert H. Buck’s American practice of surgery: Vol. 4, 1906

liquidnight: Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania,...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:12:45 -0700

liquidnight:

Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1892.

“In diaries and letter from the late nineteenth century, women medical students sometimes wrote of their resolve to prove that they could engage in all aspects of medical study and practice without compromising dignity or sacrificing the appearance of femininity. The choice of dress for the dissecting room was one common subject in such reflections.”

From Dissection: Photographs of a rite of passage in American Medicine: 1880-1930 by John Harley Warner and James M. Edmonson

odditiesoflife: Victorian Headless Portraits The Victorian era...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:42:42 -0700

odditiesoflife:

Victorian Headless Portraits

The Victorian era has many photographs, most of which show the subject sitting or standing with a stern expression. Since photography was still in its infancy, photographers were experimenting with novel ways to create photos that differed from the norm. Animals acting human was one popular concept, and then came the headless portrait. Funny and entertaining, a new genre of photography was born.

moshita: The Dead, Italy Jack Burman

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:09:30 -0700

moshita:

The Dead, Italy

Jack Burman

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:18:24 -0700

Extension prostheses for a four year-old boy born with short...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:16:53 -0700

Extension prostheses for a four year-old boy born with short legs and for a girl born with phocomelic limbs (absent leg bones with feet attached to the body), respectively. Both conditions were caused by Thalidomide, a prenatal drug that resulted in thousands of serious birth defects in the late 50s and early 60s. Roehampton, England, 1966

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