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Science Art: Plate 20. – Skeletons of the cross between the English bulldog and bassethound showing contrast in leg length…, 1941

18 December 2016 grant 0

Bulldog and bassethound, from The genetic and endocrinic basis for differences in form and behavior : as elucidated by studies of contrasted pure-line dog breeds and their hybrids

My old dog was a basset. And now there’s a bulldog in my house. I’m not sure how dogs happen, but they do.

This is what these breeds (pretty “over-bred” breeds) look… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate 20. – Skeletons of the cross between the English bulldog and bassethound showing contrast in leg length…, 1941”

Science Art: Oral Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses – Coronal View exhibit, from Our Body: The Universe Within

27 November 2016 grant 0

Sinuses spiraling behind a bygone nose.
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Someone went to the museum today. This has always been one of my favorite bits of human anatomy, the spirals inside our sinuses. Evolutionarily, they say they’re… Read the rest “Science Art: Oral Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses – Coronal View exhibit, from Our Body: The Universe Within”

Science Art: Oreille schematique, from Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques, 1893.

25 September 2016 grant 0

L0035101 Schematic ear Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Schematic ear: Oreille schematique. Bordure A B C D E decomposee en partie Originelle A B, Superieure B C, Posterieure C D et inferieure D E. Lobule E F G H considere sous le rapport dy contour E F, de l'adherence a la joue F H, du modele G et de sa Dimension. Antitragus H I examine au point de vue de son inclinasion, de son profil, de son degre de renversement et de sa Dimension. Plis internes separes en branches inferieure J K, superieure K L, et mediane K M Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques  Alphonse Bertillon Published: 1893 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The book Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques is Alphonse Bertillon‘s guide for identifying criminal suspects.

These ear dimensions… Read the rest “Science Art: Oreille schematique, from Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques, 1893.”

So we’re shrinking animals and making them transparent. Like, in real life.

23 August 2016 grant 0

Nature Methods has the details on a process that seems totally like 1950s B-movie technology with a 1970s sci-fi name – a system called “ultimate DISCO” to prepare mice… Read the rest “So we’re shrinking animals and making them transparent. Like, in real life.”

A lab-grown limb (muscle, blood and skin).

12 June 2015 grant 0

New Scientist has photos and video of a severed rat limb… that was never part of any rat’s body. It was grown in a dish:

It may go down in history as the first step to creating real,

… Read the rest “A lab-grown limb (muscle, blood and skin).”

Science Art: From Die Frau als Hausärztin by Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, 1911

10 May 2015 grant 0

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This is a naked woman, as seen in 1911 by a German medical expert. The book’s title translates to “The Woman As Family Doctor,” and it’s pretty much a home health… Read the rest “Science Art: From Die Frau als Hausärztin by Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, 1911”

Science Art: Uterus En Etat De Gestation by Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor Coste

1 February 2015 grant 0

From Histoire générale et particulière du développement des corps organisés by Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor Coste
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This one is definitely worth clicking to embiggen. It’s from the very detailed, very large Histoire générale et particulière du développement des corps organisés… Read the rest “Science Art: Uterus En Etat De Gestation by Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor Coste”

Science Art: Figure 3, Transverse Section of a Single Cell by F. Bauer, Esq., F.R.S., 1827.

14 September 2014 grant 0

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Take a deep breath.

This is the inside of your lung, seen really closely. At the time his was drawn, we weren’t really sure what it did, other than… breathe. … Read the rest “Science Art: Figure 3, Transverse Section of a Single Cell by F. Bauer, Esq., F.R.S., 1827.”

Science Art: Figure Showing Anterior Ethmoidal Artery, 2013.

20 July 2014 grant 0

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Ever feel congested? Here’s where it happens – the paranasal sinuses. These ones are under your eyes. And the artery we’re specifically looking at here comes from the… Read the rest “Science Art: Figure Showing Anterior Ethmoidal Artery, 2013.”

Science Art: Two hundred bones form the framework of your body, 1958.

13 July 2014 grant 0

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Tennis, a different perspective. From All About the Human Body, 1958, found in the reference library of Newhouse Design.

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Science Art: Panties with uterus print by KnickerRocker (Nichola).

9 November 2013 grant 0

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From Etsy. Scientific illustration has profound effects on some people. It surfaces in the unlikeliest places.

The same lingerie-maker has some rather comely pelvis print panties…… Read the rest “Science Art: Panties with uterus print by KnickerRocker (Nichola).”

Science Art: Table XXVI: The Circulatory System by Giulio de’ Musi, c. 1565.

27 October 2013 grant 0

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A smugly skinless man from Bartholomeo Eustachi: Tabulae anatomicae, a series of engravings that were meant to be published in the 1560s, but were lost until 1714. In … Read the rest “Science Art: Table XXVI: The Circulatory System by Giulio de’ Musi, c. 1565.”

Science Art: Hearts and Lungs by Juan de Valverde, 1598

18 August 2013 grant 0

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In which the dissector becomes the dissected as well, sternum reaching upward like a bird’s wings in flight.

From Wikimedia Commons.

Science Art: Plan for the Muscles of the Eye by John Bell, 1810

14 July 2013 grant 0

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A striking gaze from Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints, Illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Surgeon.

Pitchers tell evolution’s story

2 July 2013 grant 0

Nature draws an ancient lesson from America’s favorite pastime, observing how baseball pitchers reveal the evolution of human beings:

“Throwing projectiles probably enabled

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