beckerrarebooks:

In honor of Brain Awareness Week, take a look at this gorgeous copperplate engraving of the base of the brain and the spinal cord from Bartolomeo Eustachi’s Tabulae anatomicae!  Although Eustachi was a contemporary of Andreas Vesalius, the illustrations he created for a comprehensive anatomical atlas were not published until the 18th century.  Their aesthetic is notably different from that of the Vesalian woodcuts - Vesalius’ are more dramatic and theatrical, while Eustachi favors a more minimalist approach.  

nemfrog:

“Fluoroscopic Technics… Do not expect to determine a fine diagnosis of obscure thoracic conditions with the patient fully clothed.”  

A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents. 1902.

biomedicalephemera:

Gross Pathology of Melanoma Tumor of the Brain

Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes (pigmented cells). While the majority of melanocytes are in the basal layer of the epidermis, giving us our skin pigment, they also exist in the meninges, uvea (in the eyes), inner ear, bones, and colon. As most melanomas are a result of UV radiation damage of melanocytes, the skin is the most common origin of this form of cancer. However, any melanocyte can give rise to it.

While most skin cancers are survivable and detectable, melanomas originating in the skin are the most deadly, causing 75% of all deaths related to skin cancer. Their 5-year survival rate is still over 91% if treated early, however. When not treated in a timely manner, or when originating elsewhere in the body, melanomas frequently spread to the thyroid, brain, and colon.

Reeve Collection at the National Museum of Health. Date unknown.

tapist:

Susan Burger - Blue Agave

navisis:

Ungrund Collective, 2014

mfamb:

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jenny andews anderson

exam:

Sara Andreasson