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skulls

Skull-Shaped Beer Steins Were Once Popular Graduation Gifts

They were part of a broader wave of adventurous stein-craft.
Matthew Taub May 3, 2019
London, England

Epstein's Medical Sculptures

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.
A postcard advertising the stately and supposedly haunted Crescent Hotel, circa 1886.
archaeology

Found: A Quack’s Medicine Bottles, Buried Behind a Haunted Hotel

Some of the vessels contain tissue samples, while others held a dubious "cancer cure."
Noor Al-Samarrai April 17, 2019
A close-up of an Alcock-style leech jar.
objects of intrigue

The Weirdly Ornate Jars Designed Just for Precious Leeches

Victorian leech jars were beautiful—if somewhat ineffective—vessels for keeping the worms alive and out of sight.
Sabrina Imbler April 11, 2019
A diagnostic doll reclines on a miniature couch.
objects of intrigue

Chinese Women Once Had to Point Out Their Medical Troubles on Ivory Dolls

For centuries, miniature ivory women helped real women seek medical help.
Sabrina Imbler March 27, 2019
factories

What It's Like to Work in a Synthetic Cadaver Factory

Bodybuilding, for real.
Lizzie Philip March 25, 2019
Video

A Glimpse Inside a Synthetic Cadaver Factory

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Video • Object of Intrigue

Mysterious and Intricate 17th-Century Anatomical Manikins

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Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.
food

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.
Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019
The manuscript bound into the printed text.
medieval

Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to the Islamic World

Knowledge transcends borders.
Noor Al-Samarrai March 6, 2019
The New Calton Burial Ground watchtower.
Edinburgh, Scotland

New Calton Cemetery Watchtower

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Outside a Moorish cafe, Tunis, Tunisia, in the late-19th century, when coffee was still the dominant drink and tea was rare.
food

In 1930s Tunisia, French Doctors Feared a 'Tea Craze' Would Destroy Society

It was seen as a threat to colonial rule.
Nina Studer February 27, 2019
Anatomical collection at Tübingen University.
Tübingen, Germany

Steinkind von Leinzell

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.
Copenhagen, Denmark

Medical Museion

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.
Longer muscles call for strips of stone, while smaller details require tiny pieces.
art

Turning Anatomical Drawings Into Mosaics, Stone by Stone

An artist is making massive monuments to medical illustration.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 8, 2019
Horace Vernet's <em>The Last Grenadier of Waterloo</em>, contemplating his plight.
medicine

The French Conquest of Algeria Was Sick With Nostalgia

The long, dark, painful history of an everyday emotion.
Matthew Taub December 21, 2018
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Step Inside a Surreal, Dizzying Italian Fortress

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objects of intrigue

A Close-Up Look at the Most Influential Medical Book of the 16th Century

Andreas Vesalius dissected the bodies of executed prisoners to better understand human anatomy.
Lizzie Philip November 9, 2018