Misionario Comido pela onça, pintura do artista colombiano Noé León (1907-1978)

The Sin. Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes, 1901 by Edvard Munch

🪱 Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Berlin [etc.]Friedlander [etc.]1879-1921. [Source]

Pharmacopoeia, c.1675

Pharmacopoeia, c.1675

Pharmacopoeia, c.1675. Compendium of popular medicine and surgery, receipts, etc wellcomecollection.org/works/smgvpe...

He Vanished from Their Sight (Il disparut à leurs yeux) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/13525

Sacrifice of Isaac https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/sacrifice-of-isaac

The frontal section of these gold bases upper and lower dentures is set with human teeth. It is possible that these are 'Waterloo teeth' extracted from cadavers after the Battle of Waterloo. You can read more about Waterloo teeth over on our blog: buff.ly/35z1GbI

This dental phantom was made around 1900 for dental students to practice their skills before treating real patients. A hat-maker’s dummy has been added to represent the head of the patient. The jaws contain removable brass teeth allowing various dental procedures to be practiced. (RCSIC/Z 149)

This collection of foreign bodies removed from the oesophagus was donated to the museum in 1928.

Lukretia http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=C+714%3A4

Jessy and Clara Park Conversing Outside at Night, from the Born Electrical Series https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/156970

Masks https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/masks-1938

Crucifixion https://www.wikiart.org/en/matthias-grunewald/crucifixion-1502

Église Saint Méry http://www.moma.org/collection/works/41429

One of Clemente Susini’s wax models in the Josephinum in Vienna, showing the structures of the neck

Glow of Laport

St. Jerome https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/st-jerome

Head of Saint John the Baptist https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.424

A succession of flaps revealing parts of the eye from Ophthalmodouleia (1583) by Georg Bartisch. The book is considered to be the first systematic work written on ocular disease and ophthalmic surgery #ophthalmology #rarebooks

The Girl with Masks https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/the-girl-with-masks

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/crucifixion-of-saint-andrew-1607

The Burning of Troy in 1862 https://www.wikiart.org/en/grandma-moses/the-burning-of-troy-in-1862-1943

Christ as a Warrior. Ego Sum Via, Veritas Et Vita https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/christ-as-a-warrior-ego-sum-via-veritas-et-vita-425

“Wound Man” is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts during the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, with accompanying text stating treatments. It's Friday! Tag yourself as a wound.

The monument to Henry Willoughby in the church of St Leonard in Wollaton, Nottingham has a depiction of him as a cadaver on the lower level. This is known as a transi tomb, and it was considered a way to show humility - even though such monuments were hugely expensive. Willoughby died in 1528.

Chest expanding braces and gymnastic apparatus from the 1909 Krohne & Sesemann's surgical instruments catalogue. It includes the Largiader's apparatus (no. 5210) to "counteract the evil effects of sitting in a bent posture"

Camera Work: Portraits - A Group https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.28.c

Funeral in the Snow near the Old Tower - 1883 #artbots #vangogh https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/12911

Presentation at the Temple https://www.wikiart.org/en/andrea-mantegna/presentation-at-the-temple-1453

Mask of Hanako, the Japanese Actress https://www.wikiart.org/en/auguste-rodin/mask-of-hanako-the-japanese-actress-1911

Series of illustrations of corneal complications in conjunctival diseases (c.1898) by Andrew Maitland Ramsay, Glasgow ophthalmologist and author of several #ophthalmology texts.

Vaginal speculum (c.1820) used to apply leeches to a woman’s cervix to remove excess blood, which doctors believed caused localized afflictions such as tumors or inflammation. This speculum used a scissor-like action to expand. It locked open, freeing the physician’s hands to apply the leeches.

An eighteenth century wax model showing the foetus and placenta near term. Made in Florence by Clemente Susini for Joseph II, it is part of a collection housed in Vienna

This is the final stage of tetanus when the nerves fire continuously and the body contorts into an agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. Additionally, the mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. Now housed at @surgeonshall.bsky.social #VaccinesWork #Vaccines

It's Thirsty Thursday, y'all! We have new a vampire movie this weekend but let's first take a moment to celebrate one of the best of the '80s - FRIGHT NIGHT. The film's effects were spearheaded by legends Steve Johnson & Randall William Cook. You're so cool, Brewster!

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An anatomical model made from papier-mâché, but not from the Auzoux workshop! This one was part of a series dissecting the head and neck that were made in Edinburgh between 1893 and 1927 by Archibald Young and Sons, surgical instrument makers.

Tomorrow marks the 276th birthday of Edward Jenner, pioneer of vaccination. This illustration is from his book, Inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccine, published in 1798. It details his observations and trials relating to smallpox #historyofmedicine #histmed #vaccination

A wax model showing a chancre in the tongue. A chancre is the first sign of syphilis, and appears at the point where the spirochète enters the body. Moulage like this would be used to teach about the appearances of disease.

One of the many anti-vaccination images produced in response to Edward Jenner's 1798 vaccine for smallpox, the first of its kind. More in our essay, "Mark of the Beast" by @BishkekHistory, on the original anti-vaxxers: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...

The Dream-God (1874) - One man's account of his intense and elaborate visions while under the influence of morphine, including 500 foot lizards and conversations with Confucius and Zoroaster. Read it here: http://bit.ly/17TOGOF

This case of amputation instruments was used by Robert Liston between 1815 and 1825 and was made by Stodart of London. The knives are of the type used for circular amputation.

The hand of Old Croghan Man, a 2000-year-old bog body that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. The man's apparently manicured nails led to speculation that he was not someone who engaged in manual labour. Based off the man's arm span, he stood approximately 6'6'' tall.

This painting by Charles Bell shows injuries sustained by a soldier at the Battle of Corunna. The soldier was struck in the head by a musket ball, causing several fractures in the skull. Despite the severe appearance of the injury the soldier recovered well.

A 1915 investigation — engorged with bons mots and brimming with pith — into the destiny of the death mask of Napoleon, who died #onthisday in 1821. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/napoleon-bonaparte-death-mask #otd