A Kind Of Curiosity

In utero. The midwife’s guide. 1845.

“Dissection of the front of the leg.” Demonstrations of anatomy. 1906. 

colored wood engraving from Précis d’histoire naturelle à l’usage des candidats au baccalauréat de philosophie et de mathématiques by Antoine Pizon, 1930, detail from plate V, p. 238.

TW for Death Talk and Mortality 

A death positivity YouTuber I follow posted this video about the realities and issues of trying to afford death services as a fat person. While not everyone can talk about these issues I think it’s important that those that can have some information. 

(For those that don’t know death positivity is a movement to encourage people to face their mortality and to make wills, death plans or even to advocate for more options for what they can do with their bodies in death and to demystify the death industry in an attempt to impower people about a subject that can leave us feeling helpless) 

This is amazing and very different from what we usually talk about. Thanks for bringing it to us!!!

Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme: comprenant la médicine opératoire

Da Vinci’s sketches on anatomy.