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A New Way Of Looking At A PS3 Controller

frankie23 — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:46:47 +0000

Someone decided to put a PS3 controller through a medical scanner. Pretty simple concept really, but with an awesomely cool looking result.

Let’s Run A PS3 Through A Medical Scanner! [Kotaku via radiologyart]

The Antikamnia Medical Company

frankie23 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:12:07 +0000

In the 1890′s, the Antikamnia (opposed to pain) Medical Company used a series of amusing skeletal cartoons to advertise their wares. These cartoons were drawn by Louis Crucius, a pharmacist, doctor, and Professor of Anatomy, who started drawing them while working at a pharmacy in his school years. The AntiKamnia company produced medicines containing acetanilid, an anti-fever drug with pain relieving properties. It was later found to be both toxic and addictive. Apparently it was often mixed with codeine, to increase it’s pain-relieving effects. Nothing keeps your customers like making your medicines physically addictive! Anyhow, they used Dr. Crucius’ little skele-men in calendars from 1897 through 1901. The fellow pictured above is my favourite so far; I love the way the officer is stroking his goatee. If you like the style (and how could you not?) BibliOdyssey has many more, as well as a more detailed history, and links for further reading.

The Antikamnia Chemical Company [BibliOdyssey]

Wellcome Medical Image Library

frankie23 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:57:22 +0000

Isn’t this a treat on a gloomy Monday morning. The Wellcome library has recently released their image collection to the web under a Creative Commons license. With over 40,000 images dealing with medicine from the ages of witchcraft to modern biomedical breakthroughs, and with more images being added constantly, the depth of this archive is intense, and must be experienced to be understood.

Wellcome Images, via Bioephemera