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Anatomy Lesson Outlander Trauma-Drama, Part 2

Hey, all.

Hope you had a grand couple of weeks awaiting part two of Outlander Trauma-Drama… Here it is. Yay!

Our last Anatomy Lesson, Outlander Trauma-Drama, Part 1, showed the system pathologists use to classify trauma. In that lesson, we covered different types of mechanical trauma including contusion, abrasion, laceration, incision, avulsion, projectile injury, and puncture wounds.

Remember? Yasss!

Mechanical trauma

Thermal Injury

Radiation Injury

Personal Exposure (tobacco and alcohol)

Therapeutic Drugs

Air Pollution

Industrial Exposures

Agricultural Hazards

Natural Toxins

Oxygen Deprivation

Infectious Agents

Immunological Diseases

Genetic Derangements

Nutritional Diseases

Contusion

Abrasion

Laceration

Incision

Avulsion

Projectile injuries

Puncture wounds

Today’s lesson continues with the trauma-drama theme ‘cos there are still loads of Outlander owies to uncover and discover!

Again, examples from Diana’s big books and the Starz Outlander series will serve as anatomical models for the injuries.

Today’s lesson will cover thermal injury and alcohol abuse. So, let’s get started!

There are six types of Thermal Injury:

Thermal burns

Hyperthermia

Chilblains

Hypothermia

Frostbite

Electrical injury

Greetings Outlander anatomy students!

I have not posted a lesson or fun fact since September of last year!  Time to get back into the dissection room. 🤓

I plan to post several lessons in succession, all dealing with trauma-drama on Outlander! And, as we all ken, there is plenty of this to go around.

Let’s get started with a couple of definitions.

As many of you know, the term anatomy comes from the Greek ana– (up) + temnein (to cut). Taken literally, anatomy means to cut away or to reveal.

Today’s Anatomy Lesson will reveal topics belonging to the science of pathology: Greek meaning pathos (suffering) + ology (to know). Interestingly, pathology is literally the study of abnormal anatomy so we are well within our lane!

Although this topic is not light-hearted, it is an important one which may prove useful to you and yours. Head over to www.outlanderanatomy.com to learn more!

A deeply grateful,

Anatomy Def: Paired muscles of facial expression.

Outlander Def: Ian’s worry lines when he learns he must leave his beloved Emily! 😢

Don’t know about you, but for me, John Bell’s performance in Outlander episode 605, Hour of the Wolf was flawless. His facial expressions perfectly mirrored the stress roiling in his personal life.

Facial Expression: Humans enjoy 22 pair of muscles controlling facial expression, more than any other animal, blessing us with an amazing range of emotional aspects.

As Ian hears the Mohawk’s decision about his and Emily’s fates, the skin wrinkles between his eyebrows. How does this happen?

Corrugator Supercilii: Well, his facial expression is caused by contraction of corrugator supercilii (CS) muscles, just one of the 22 pair! 😲

Super silly, huh? 😜

Greetings all anatomy students. There has been a dry spell of lessons this summer while I attended to blueberry crops and fruit trees! Berries are now done for the year and time to return to Outlander. Yay!

So, let’s get right to it.

During Episode 606, The World Turned Upside Down, Claire becomes deathly ill, not from what ails the MacNiel family, but from Malva Christie poisoning! 😈 😳

During an intense fever dream, Claire has a vision of roiling clouds and an amoeba. But then, her hands cradle something red and pulsing –  her beating heart in this startling and somewhat gruesome image...

Sunday, October 9, was the final day of 2022 NYCC and, for me, it was the best!

Each morning walking to Javits, we were greeted by a "herd" of pigeons waiting for treats. Roomies, Jody and Jim, point to the feathered army!  Usually, they were perched on the power lines reminding me of the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds! 😳

Inside the Javits, more cosplay. Don't know who this is but I'll wager some of you do? It is a fab costume!

Anatomy Def: Dupuytren’s Contracture, a disease involving changes to deep tissues of the palm.

Outlander Def: Tom Christie’s right hand enjoys Claire’s touch waaay too much. Watch out, Jamie! 😉

History: Dupuytren’s Contracture (DC) is named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835), a French anatomist and military surgeon who gained considerable notoriety treating Napoleon Bonaparte’s hemorrhoids! 😲 Although he was not the first to recognize the condition, he was the first to perform a successful repair on DC and published the results (The Lancet, 1834). Hence, the disease is named for him.

Also Known As: Like Jamie, Dupuytren’s Contracture (DC) enjoys a number of aliases:

Dupuytren’s disease (DD)

Morbus Dupuytren

Viking disease

Celtic hand

Palmar fibromatosis/familial palmar fibromatosis

Palmar fascial fibromatosis.

Symptoms: Tight bands and/or firm lumps (nodules) appear in the tissues deep to the palmar skin. Gradually, the fingers may curl and pull sideways or toward the palm. Overlying skin may pucker. Sufferers may experience inflammation or sensations of tenderness, burning, or itching of the hand. Pressure or tension may be felt when attempting to straighten the fingers. Sometimes both hands and even the feet are affected. More fortunate individuals experience only mild cases that do not require medical intervention. The following image shows an example of DC involving the left ring finger.

Anatomy Def: Claire confronts Dupuytren’s Contracture.

Outlander Def: A hand problem best dubbed as “Tom’s Travail!”  👋🏻

Tom’s right hand is disabled because he suffers from Dupuytren’s Contracture (DC). If you have not read my earlier Mini Anatomy Lesson about DC, you can access it a few posts back. 

Quick Review: Underlying the skin of the palm is a tough layer of connective tissue known as the palmar aponeurosis. Importantly, it aids in cupping the palm, maintaining grip, and protecting underlying flexor tendons.

So what did Claire do??? read more: www.outlanderanatomy.com!