circa 1675 Illustration of a woman having a breast operation, accompanied by a close up of the surgical instruments used. From a compendium of popular medicine and surgery, receipts, etc., in German. Compiled for the use of a House of the Franciscan Order

circa 1675 Illustration of a woman having a breast operation, accompanied by a close up of the surgical instruments used. From a compendium of popular medicine and surgery, receipts, etc., in German. Compiled for the use of a House of the Franciscan Order

Biomedical Ephemera

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Zahra Aboutalib, Morocco, Carried Her Child In Her Womb For Almost Half A Century. Lithopedion, Calcified Fetus.

Antithesis Christi Et Antichristi (Jenský Kodex/Jena Codex), Bohemia Ca. 1490-1510 (Praha, Knihovna Národního Muzea, Iv.b.24, Fol. 80R)

In 1698 A Man Was Imprisoned In The Bastille. This Man Had Been A Captive Of The Government Since At Least 1687 And For All That Time His Face Had Been Hidden By A Mask. He Died In 1703, But Rumors About His Existence Continued To Circulate. The Prisoner

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Jack The Ripper. Some Of The Rumoured Victims.

Bleeding Dish, 18Th C. When Blood Was Taken From Patients In The 18Th Century, It Was Usually Drained Into Small Bowls With A Single Handle, Known As Porringers. These Bowls Were Chiefly Used For Soft Foods Like Soup And Porridge, But Those Made Specifica

The Cleveland Torso Murderer Aka Mad Butcher Of Kingsbury Run. An Unnidentified Serial Killer Active In The Cleveland, Ohio, Area Between 1935-38. Eliot Ness Was The Public Safety Director Of Cleveland. Failure To Apprehend The Murderer Was Perhaps The

In 1983, The Natal Shark Board Brought Up In Its Nets A Formidable Bull Shark, Weighting 116 Kg And 1.74 Meters In Length. During The Autopsy, Its Stomach Was Found To Contain 2.3 Kg Of Human Flesh Such As These Dismembered Feet.

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