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Desktop Goodies 7/28
It looks like I was featured on Freshly Pressed, which has brought some new readers to this blog. If you’re new here…welcome! Please relax and stay a while…like this guy (by Michael Pratt): Let me...
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Guest Author and Theme Week
Some of you may recall me briefly alluding to my precarious health from time to time. For rather complex medical reasons, I’m allowing my trusted cohort The Headless Hearseman to take over the blog for...
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19th Century Wax Anatomical “Half and Half” Models
How I wish I could visit the Science Museum of London to see these incredible wax anatomical figures, originally created circa 1810-1830. Source Filed under: anatomy, antiques, destinations, exhibits,...
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Entertaining the Invalid
ME! Filed under: humor, medicine, vintage Tagged: humor, medicine, vintage, vintage print
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11/20
Medical hiatus no-typing mix… Filed under: advertising, art, medicine, monsters, science, vintage Tagged: advertising, art, medicine, monsters, science, vintage
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11/27
Medical hiatus no-typing mix… I read and appreciate all comments. Apologies for not being able to respond at the moment. Filed under: anatomy, art, medicine, street art, vintage Tagged: anatomy, art,...
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11/28
Medical hiatus no-typing mix… I read and appreciate all comments. Apologies for not being able to respond at the moment. Filed under: absurd, advertising, antiques, art, comics, dolls, humor, medicine,...
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Dr. Kellog Contraptions
Posts are in “wordless” mode due to illness…I read and appreciate all comments…Apologies for not being able to respond at the moment. More Filed under: absurd, medicine, vintage Tagged: absurd,...
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The NERVE of Her! (A Medical Update)
This post comes to you through my voice recognition software. I feel I owe readers of this blog a small explanation of my relative absence (or at least lack of the reflective and/or snarky commentary I...
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The Real Story of Where I’ve Been
Hello! How I’ve missed it here! It’s time to get FAR more personal than I ever thought I would in public. I feel I owe a further explanation to the loyal and wonderful readers of this site. For those...
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Desktop Goodies 6/4
Brains: it’s what’s for dinner. And speaking of, who thought a grinning peanut grinding his own brain out onto a platter was…a great idea for a product? I envision a young Hannibal Lecter having a...
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LympheDIVAs
LympheDIVAs is a product line close to my heart. I would have loved to treat my mom to one of these fantastic medical garments when her cancer resulted in lymphedema. I adore the idea of adding a...
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Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science
A new book on my wishlist: Hidden Beauty This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider the aesthetics of human...
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The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration appears to be a very interesting book, though perhaps not altogether pleasant to thumb through. For me, this is not an issue, as fascination...
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And Now, One of the Strangest Products Ever
If you’re at all familiar with this blog, there are many contenders for “strangest product ever” featured here. But this one really surprised me. I was researching hyperbaric oxygen therapy for serious...
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Desktop Goodies: 2/4
You’re being welcomed into this post by anthropomorphic hotdog with breasts. As far as I can tell, this is a real vintage ad. Probably one of the most jaw-dropping examples I’ve seen. Imagine this is...
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The Art of the Physician and the Surgeon, 1412
Morbid Anatomy has a fascinating post on De Arte Phisicali et de Cirurgica (The Art of the Physician and the Surgeon), an illuminated vellum scroll, 542 cm (17 feet 9 inches) by 36 cm (1 foot 2...
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Oddities Store
If it has “oddities” in the title, there’s a good chance I’ll go down a massive rabbit hole exploring it. Thus, Oddities Store was an enjoyable find indeed. I desperately need these: They have bisected...
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Twist of Lyme: My Diagnosis at Last!
Anyone who has followed this blog for a while probably saw me allude to my failing health. What I’ve represented here in the occasional post is not even the smallest fraction of my daily experiences....
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Museum Oddities
I first posted about “exploded” articulated human skulls years ago during Ryan Matthew theme week, but here is another fine example from Brian Kubasco (aka Museum Oddities). Kubasco is a sculptor...
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