The “Body Chute” — Used to remove dead bodies
Here’s an unusual and rather poignant momento mori of poor
Evergreen Cemetery, just off of Town Hill Road in New Haven,
18th century Bleeding bowl.
Model used for studying and treatment of jaw fractures. From
Surgical suture sampler, circa 18th century. Zurich Medical History
Black Rat Snake climbs a brick wall. Photo credit: kasiahalka
Malformed – A Collection of Human Brains from the Texas State
Many parents who gave up their children to the hospital left
Wheelchair used at Mont Park Hospital for the Insane circa 1920.
Polacel Cooling Tower
Portrait of Burgfraulein von Strechau in the 1600s The legend
Bloom of moon jellies (Aurelia aurita), in Chesapeake Bay. Scott
by David Muench
Yosemite Firefall The Yosemite Firefall was a summertime event
Carved Skulls by Don Simpson
Lyre, 19th century. Medium: human skull, antelope horn, skin,
Blood vessels show where the two skull bones are fusing in a
Human Anatomy Dissection (video link)
Building human body parts Alex Seifalian’s lab at University
Fossil - Eocene age shell that has been replaced by translucent
Fossilized snake skin in Boulder Opal // Queensland, Australia
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Facts about Bones
The bones of an 89-year old female with osteoporosis.
In Hugo, OK (Circus City USA) there is a cemetery that has a
Automation Trumpet Player by Friedrich Kaufmann from 1810. The
Sawn stalactite
Moqui marbles, utah Iron oxide concretions (Moqui marbles) Moqui
Bronze Age stoneworks located on the Woodhouse Crag on the northern
Fireman’s bicycle, 1905
Car Cemetary, France
Flesh eating bacteria
‘Madonna Ouvrante’ with Holy Trinity Inside, French c. 1400
Box “Boy with pumpkin.” 1866
Breast Ripper: Used as a way to punish women, the breast ripper