Surgeon in training

the life and times of a surgical resident, daddy, son, and scientist.
biomedicalephemera: Right lung with surface hemorrhages Lung moderately enlarged due to influenza. Note the consolidation of infectious activity in the blue area. The Pathology of Influenza. M. C. Winternitz, Isabel M. Wason, and Frank P. McNamara, 1920.

biomedicalephemera:

Right lung with surface hemorrhages

Lung moderately enlarged due to influenza. Note the consolidation of infectious activity in the blue area.

The Pathology of Influenza. M. C. Winternitz, Isabel M. Wason, and Frank P. McNamara, 1920.

chronic myocarditis… given the date likely syphilitic mycocarditis, but would it be the same phenotype as viral? same inflammatory infiltrate? biomedicalephemera: Scarring of heart wall in chronic fibrous myocarditis Chronic endocarditis or myocarditis was typically caused by long-term systemic infections, such as syphilis, untreated malaria, diabetes, and chronic nephritis. This book also notes that exposure to lead and phosphorus led to chronic myocarditis, as did abuse of tobacco and alcohol. A Text-Book of Pathology. W. G. MacCallum, 1916.

chronic myocarditis…

given the date likely syphilitic mycocarditis, but would it be the same phenotype as viral?

same inflammatory infiltrate?

biomedicalephemera:

Scarring of heart wall in chronic fibrous myocarditis

Chronic endocarditis or myocarditis was typically caused by long-term systemic infections, such as syphilis, untreated malaria, diabetes, and chronic nephritis. This book also notes that exposure to lead and phosphorus led to chronic myocarditis, as did abuse of tobacco and alcohol.

A Text-Book of Pathology. W. G. MacCallum, 1916.

biomedicalephemera: German medic in early-WWI gas mask The first “masks” to protect against the deadly gasses such as chlorine (as they could actually result in fatalities, unlike the earliest gasses, which were only lachrymatory agents), were no more than damp cloths placed over the nose and mouth. It was believed that dampening the cloths with concentrated urine was more effective than simple water. As the war went on, masks naturally got better, and easier to put on, so the effectiveness of gas weapons decreased significantly. ETA: Forgot to mention what this guy was using. This is a gauze pad that was issued by the Germans shortly after they began using chlorine gas against the Entente power. It was filled with cotton waste, and was soaked in a bicarbonate solution. The tank and filter the medic carries are a basic oxygen tank and delivery system, but it couldn’t be used at the same time as the filtering mask.

biomedicalephemera:

German medic in early-WWI gas mask

The first “masks” to protect against the deadly gasses such as chlorine (as they could actually result in fatalities, unlike the earliest gasses, which were only lachrymatory agents), were no more than damp cloths placed over the nose and mouth. It was believed that dampening the cloths with concentrated urine was more effective than simple water.

As the war went on, masks naturally got better, and easier to put on, so the effectiveness of gas weapons decreased significantly.

ETA: Forgot to mention what this guy was using. This is a gauze pad that was issued by the Germans shortly after they began using chlorine gas against the Entente power. It was filled with cotton waste, and was soaked in a bicarbonate solution. The tank and filter the medic carries are a basic oxygen tank and delivery system, but it couldn’t be used at the same time as the filtering mask.

Perhaps grotesque to some, but I spend much of my life thinking about everything here. biomedicalephemera: Splanchnographie General anatomy of the abdominothoracic region and its organs, including the female generative organs. Anatomie Methodique, ou, Organographie Humaine. Jean-Baptiste Sarlandière, 1829.

Perhaps grotesque to some, but I spend much of my life thinking about everything here.

biomedicalephemera:

Splanchnographie

General anatomy of the abdominothoracic region and its organs, including the female generative organs.

Anatomie Methodique, ou, Organographie Humaine. Jean-Baptiste Sarlandière, 1829.

an unorthodox application of electrophysiology biomedicalephemera: Looking for a late Christmas present? Need a gift for that last day of Hanukkah? Why not… MEDICATED ELECTRICITY? Conveys the Balsamic vapor to the remotest parts of the Air Passages and Mucous Membranes, thereby healing them and restoring them to health! MEDICATED ELECTRICITY: The gift that says “I paid a man $1 for a halfpenny of vinegar, because I love you!”

an unorthodox application of electrophysiology

biomedicalephemera:

Looking for a late Christmas present? Need a gift for that last day of Hanukkah?

Why not…

MEDICATED ELECTRICITY?

Conveys the Balsamic vapor to the remotest parts of the Air Passages and Mucous Membranes, thereby healing them and restoring them to health!

MEDICATED ELECTRICITY: The gift that says “I paid a man $1 for a halfpenny of vinegar, because I love you!”

fuckyeahmedicalstuff: Native poliovirus on the right and the complex of the virus and 60 copies of CD155 bound to it on the left.  The background of the image is the actual micrograph that was used to calculate the reconstruction of the complex and the faint dark spots are images of the individual virions.

fuckyeahmedicalstuff:

Native poliovirus on the right and the complex of the virus and 60 copies of CD155 bound to it on the left.  The background of the image is the actual micrograph that was used to calculate the reconstruction of the complex and the faint dark spots are images of the individual virions.