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Masks worn by doctors during the plague. The beaks contained scented substances
Children in an iron lung before the advent of the polio vaccination. Many children lived for months in these machines, though not all survived. c. 1937
Damage to ribcage caused by wearing a corset. 19th century London
Tanning babies at the Chicago Orphan Asylum, 1925, to offset winter rickets.
Wooden prosthetic hand, c. 1800
A selection of items used to disguise facial injuries (an early form of plastic surgery).
side note: the one in the middle kind of looks like Richard Harrow of Boardwalk Empire
An ad for Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus, 1878
US Civil War surgeon's kit
an early defibrillator
Birthing chair used until the 1800s
Chinese surgical knives, 1801 - 1920
Radiology nurse technician, WWI France
Leonid Rogozov, the only surgeon on an Antarctic expedition, performing surgery on himself after suffering from appendicitis. April 30, 1961
HowDoIInternet
They did the last one on Lost, not impressed
Watertempleishard
The doctor's costume in Assassin's Creed makes so much more sense now.
ancient56
I thought head gear was bad, but that spinal apparatus...
freethenerd
I... I NEED MORE
Mslorax425
Still sad about Richard Harrow.
BasicBitchesGetStitches
those tanning babies are gonna look fabaluss
fecklar
that wasn't a defibrillator it was the thing they used for shock treatments for mental illnesses , apply directly to the forehead
NoYolo4Jesus
So I got a splinter out by myself; your move Rogozov.
anglophilestymie
I feel like the birthing chair makes sense. What with gravity helping and not cutting anything off.
Rayeonisation
When the surgeon take off the saw of the box , you know you are going to get a bad time.
HeyCasButt
Amputations were one of the few surgeries back then that actually had a decent survival rate.(1)
DuckyJoseph
Fan of the birthing chair. Don't fight gravity and your own anatomy ladies!
Lovingtheoreos
Let gravity do the work, baby! Plus squatting increases the opening by 30%
bitchinmona
The plague doctors' masks look like a strange hybrid between The Silence and The Empty Child.
RandomErraticPerson
+1 for a reference to the Doctor. But neither of those had a beak, so... Empty Child and something else, maybe. Not seeing Silence.
BeerIsProofThatGodLovesUsAndWantsUsToBeHappy
And yet the doctor still has to cram their hand up a guy's ass to check his prostate.
ALICCX
Nature is amazing. Even in this day&age there's still no medical imaging modality that can assess the prostate better than the human fist.
MermaidPie
1 finger is 'cramming his hand up'?
HobbitHouse
"has" to. heheheh.
ThisTechGuy
I wonder if in the future today's medical personnel/ devices will look terrifying 0.o
MyDogAndIShareThisAccount
"this is a glove from when humans actually had to touch other humans to perform medical procedures." http://imgur.com/yCbu2a0
HeyCasButt
Oh god the humanity!
HeyGuysImBrian
You got this from ebaumsworld. At least post a link. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858344/
BluHaze
Ebaum just stole it from someone else. You don't credit thieves.
gammafighter
"US Civil War surgeon's kit" is also a modern day dentist's kit.
ROBOTvsMAN
I agree with Pax, They didn't have sounds either.
takethatwizardglick
the birthing chair is actually better for delivery than on your back on a bed.
rebeccaisafish
Almost any bithing position is better than on your back... Except being held up by your ankles.
KatinkaJoburg
I recently discovered the origin of giving birth on your back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ALithotomy_position
rebeccaisafish
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
timeywimeystarstuff
Has anyone been to the Mütter Museum in Philly? Seeing these pictures makes me want to go back!
nixzero
No, but it's one of my favorite songs by the Murder City Devils. :D
Raccoonkick
I'm picturing the Chinese surgeons using the tools like chopsticks. And now you are too.
RandomErraticPerson
Thanks. A lot. And I'm not just saying that.
doctorninja
wonder if that radiology nurse technician plays guitar.
BobRossHappyTrees
Is that a Pyro joke?
doctorninja
I was thinking Buckethead? But I guess Pyro kinda works.
BobRossHappyTrees
Ha! Well I love me some bucket head jams as well.
kthnxbye
The children in the iron lung, they look so cheerful for the camera but oh my god how awful. (*feels*) ( thanks vaccination I love you)
MaybeeAB
Thank Jonas Salk. he could have made a fortune but instead did it with no interest in personal profit. he didn't even patent the vaccine
kthnxbye
Of course it's wonderful that their lives were saved, but being a kid not able to run and play? Heartbreaking for them.
Korihime
2. there'd be thousands more children who died from polio and who had to wear iron lungs like this.
HeyCasButt
Tell that to Jenny McCarthy.
kthnxbye
I would like to tell that to her with my fists to be honest.
HeyCasButt
http://picslap.com/images/good.jpg
euridice811
Better than dying though, eh?
Misora
Yup my mom lost a cousin to polio. We love you vaccinations!
hotterthanthebottomofalaptop
my husband's aunt is wheelchair bound due to polio. Hooray for modern medicine!!!
justorderalargefarva
I think my dad said he spent some time in one after he got polio as a kid. He's still alive.
Korihime
The other day a mean person spit in my face and said "hitler should've finished the job" and I reminded myself that if that was true then
RandomErraticPerson
Then what? THEN WHAT???
psychedelicspacetiger
Yessir! Thank you vaccinations for preventing horrible diseases while NOT causing autism!
turtleturner
that "defribrillator" is actually a tems machine. quite obviously too. Has no one seen the movie of the secret garden?
PrairieSquid
+1 for Tems machine and The Secret Garden!
RunsOnPizza
The position the woman would be in while using the birthing chair makes a lot more sense, what with gravity and all.
RIPSlurmsMckenzie
plop
Elvirana
In Germany they have those (modern version) in most delivery wards. My midwife wanted me to use it, I tried to sit down but it was so (1/2)
Elvirana
(2/2) uncomfortable I got up immediately and gave birth while standing (clinging to my husband). Fortunately it was only a matter of minutes
rebeccaisafish
Yes is actually much more useful than the modern day "lie on your back" approach.
SharkBaitWhoooHaaaaHaaaa
Actually, natural birth in the wild would be down on all fours to give her natural resistance via the ground and something to push against.
rebeccaisafish
Probably yes, but the squatting position (not sitting like this) is the best position if you have the stamina in your legs...
ZebraCockSandwich
yes, you are supposed to be upright and squatting to give birth, not laying down. its much more painful to lay down.
MrsTurkelton
I delivered in a hospital bed but was no where near lying down. They tilt up the back so you are in that same position.
Rindercellaslostshoe
Sorry if that was tmi! :-/
HillOfBeans
On her back, sitting up a bit actually makes the baby have to come up the canal. On hands and knees is really where you get gravity's help.
Fruppi
I delivered my first kid on a slightly more modern version of that. Midwifery ftw!
RunsOnPizza
I don't get why they changed to tables instead. I have heard of several other methods that are much more effective.
Elvirana
because it's easier for the doctor to see what's going on. Depending on the method, an epidural can result in not being able to use the legs
rebeccaisafish
Because doctors started to get involved... plus epidural became a thing and this would be bad for an epidural birth.
RunsOnPizza
Did you have more children? Which method did you find to make the most sense?
Fruppi
I have two and the second one ended up being a bed birth because it just wasn't happening. I would have loved a tub birth.
Lovingtheoreos
Birthing stool WAAAY more comfortable than a bed
Rindercellaslostshoe
As someone who had a baby a year ago, I feel like this would have been helpful. I basically ended up squatting on the bed toward the end.
SharkBaitWhoooHaaaaHaaaa
Squatting is closer to a natural position for a woman than a chair. If you have another kid, try down on all fours. No joke lol :)
rebeccaisafish
Squatting is the best position to give birth in actually.
RunsOnPizza
No such thing as tmi with me, no worries! Nothing disturbs me. XD I wonder why they stopped using chairs anyway.
FreddyBenelli
For doctors' convenience?
DaTwatWaffle
It actually would be. The whole on the back thing was started to make it more comfortable for doctors to access the birth canal.
alpacawacka
Lying down reduces the pelvic inlet by as much as 30% and you have to push "uphill" Birthing stools FTW!
illlli
Progress FTW
HobbitHouse
but how barbaric will our practices look in 30 years? interesting to consider. Probably colonscopies.
Kitworks
I love the Plague Doctor masks. Seriously you couldn't make up something that weird and awesome.
Shroomslapz
Team fortress two medic!
alexandraavenger
I have a gorgeous Venetian replica of one, I love it!
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
I always thought a film about the plague would be a good movie if done well. The imagery of the plague doctors alone is creepy.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
...as is the song "ring round the rosie".
whistly
densoloco
Just imagine being a plague victim with all those doctors surrounding you...
RagDollz
until you watch the poughkeepsie tapes
TheDoqtor
After Taco Bell, I really need that Plague Doctor mask...
TedoJD
I like the idea and draw them sometimes for funsies![]()
jaimenycricket
Reminds me of The Knife: http://ludditestereo.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/knife.jpg
TedoJD
i dont know what that is but it looks pretty cool :3
jaimenycricket
A really sweet ass music group! "Marble House" is a pretty awesome song of theirs
TedoJD
Just checked that song out there and youre not wrong my friend that is a pretty awesome song :D
TrustMeIdoThisForALiving
Wasnt that in Pink Floyd the wall too?
PedanticYetEarnest
The caption "Old Timey Doctorin'" combined with that picture initially made me think this was a post about old school Doctor Who.
TengoHambre11
Same!
backwoodsbarbie
I got goosebumps everywhere after seeing that..
DC1123
Why iant it in a creepy movie yet. Does anyone have tim burten or rob zombies number?
MyWeeLadGimli
Not a creepy movie, but one of the dwarfs in Snow White and the Huntsman had a mask like this. Because he was "Doc", presumably.
Hydrall
Search up the Poughkeepsie Tapes.
icookfoodandfightfire
the cool part about those masks is that they actually worked to a certain degree.
Kitworks
Even if the doctors didn't know why, exactly, it was working.
TopComment0nReddit
Actually, not really. Many, many medical interns died because these masks did virtually nothing against the plague.
Keekenox
They are also one of the creepiest things in existence, thus the famous SCP
sweeneysgirl
I work at the Ren Fest in MN and we have a plague doctor that walks around. I asked him if I could keep him because he looked so awesome 1/2
sweeneysgirl
He hid behind a small child. :( 2/2
MaybeeAB
when I was in Venice they sold these because apparently they were also believed to be good luck to keep plague away
Fortune090
And with that, TIL why all the apothecaries in Assassin's Creed wear them.
SingingMeAndCthulioDownByRlyehFhtagn
I always think: Spy VS Spy!
HelveticaHelga
I watched a ghost hunters show where they had apparitions of drs like this. They visited an island where they took the dying to die. Creepy.
justorderalargefarva
It was Ghost ADVENTURES and they went to Poveglia.
HelveticaHelga
YES! It was and I've only seen that one episode. Never forget it. I should watch more...
justorderalargefarva
You should! I freakin LOVE Ghost Adventures. Way more than Ghost Hunters. That show pissed me off.
HelveticaHelga
New way to use up "extra" free time! Thanks, brah.
CanadianInvasion
The episode in Italy, right?
PaperOkami
I think they are among the creepiest things in existence....
HighrockTendales
They chill me to my core. To my very core.
imholdinglemonade
Yes. That was the only thing at Halloween Horror Nights that freaked me out.
804R
They were designed to scare away demons, so, yeah.
YouWereEatenByAGrue
I've always thought they were magnificent. I've wanted to get my hands on one for ages.
knobhoblin
My insides hurt because of that corset picture
affinityoftime
A good corset (properly worn, suited to your body shape) should NEVER do that. Corsets have been blamed for many things that aren't related
PrairieSquid
+1 for proper corset knowledge! I love my corset. It's kinda shocking how much misinformation regarding corsetry there is out there.
knobhoblin
Yeah, I've figured that too. This is just grim. Just look at the end of the bones, they're... withered?
BluHaze
This is from centuries ago when tiny wastes were the "in" thing. Women would have two handmaidens pulling it so tight she couldn't breathe.
PrairieSquid
2/2 Garments, used to give support to the bust and balance to the form. Kinda like bras today.
PrairieSquid
Actually, tightlacing wasn't very common. Usually, corsets were tight, but not enough to mess with breathing. They were foundation 1/2
Thirdy
I don't know if what happened with that ribcage, but shouldn't a corset reduce the waist like )( ? I can't see that, just asymmetric deform
knobhoblin
It just looks like that person had a barrel strapped around her body rather than a corset. It sure as hell didn't fit, whatever it was.
Thirdy
I searched the image, and I'm still horrified by the stories I have read. (but nothing related to this image) :(
knobhoblin
TIL do not do that 8[
Shoura
By my memory, that happens because something has to give, it isn't always symmetric. And the yanking is uneven too.
Thirdy
mh, sounds plausible
carolinaj
As a med student DUDE, TAG YOUR PORN!
frisson
a lot of the stuff we do now will be regarded as this weird in 100 years time.
carolinaj
I know, isn't that amazing!? :D
frisson
nah, more like tragic. to me at least.
carolinaj
Think about the good stuff, think about the amazing advances we will make! I like to look at it that way. :)
sgtstinkypinky
i plan on specializing in infectious diseases after step 1,2, and 3 of course haha anyhow, i plan on having that plague mask when i practice
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sgtstinkypinky
you know, i try. i'm glad someone appreciates my endeavors
WeCouldAllGoPeeTogether
Self-appendectomy, wow, I am a pussy. I can barely pull out my own slivers.
tehslendermanz
We call them skelfs in Scotland.
Scottishsandwich
do we?
tehslendermanz
We did in Falkirk.
ohnonotagainsaidthebowlofpetunias
I believe slivers are those little wood bastards that get stuck under the finger/toe nails.. Not fun!
WhyHelloThereFriend
Totally read that as "liver"...
Sfx6C
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=5233&type=card
HeyCasButt
thorn. I was at summer camp and really didn't want to go home......Wow, that first sentence was poorly written.(2)
HeyCasButt
I once made an incision in my arm so I could pull out a thorn that had buried itself and it got infected because of the bacteria on the(1)
thefirstjake
It gets really bad once a few appear. One muscle sliver and you're screwed.
MrBananaBeak
I UNDERSTAND THIS REFERENCE
itsamazing
damage to a ribcage from TIGHT LACING a corset, not wearing one. Most women wore them simply as back/bust support, not to squeeze the waist.
PrairieSquid
+1 for proper corset knowledge! I adore my corset (I don't tightlace) and the misinformation out there about corsetry is boggling.
itsamazing
they did the same with the crinoline and the bustle, shared outrageous stories eg a maid being set on fire cos she swept past the fireplace
PrairieSquid
Yup yup! *am a historical fashion nerd*
itsamazing
hehe suddenly I feel like I have a new friend! :D I'm researching 19th c fashion I would love to plumb you for any info I have missed! :3
PrairieSquid
I would be happy to help you out to the best of my ability! I'm sick, so I've got plenty of time^.^
itsamazing
it all started with Punch magazine in the 19th c, they were the Daily Mail of their day and liked to hype up scandals about ladies clothing
PrairieSquid
I knpw Punch! They also made fun of crinoline petticoats as well. Punch had some great commentary^.^
itsamazing
these cases were as rare as any overblown thing the Mail puts out today (*cough* benefit scroungers *cough*) but they got heaps of attention
PrairieSquid
I'm American, but even I know how bad the Daily Fail is. They're terrible! A lot like our Fox News.
itsamazing
ugh, yes XD
PrairieSquid
At my house, my Da and I refer to it as Faux News and mock them mercilessly.
aerinjl
I am suddenly so incredibly grateful for modern medicine.
CommonWhiteGirl
my reaction exactly
Thatgirlarlyn
For real, fuck ALL of that
captaincabbage
dat civil war surgeon's kit. DAT LACK OF MORPHEME.
monkeyputz
Morphine makes almost anything bearable.
Burtongirl
As an ex-backbrace wear-er, looking at the "spinal apparatus" makes me so so fucking greatful
HiMyNameIsUserName
This man disagrees http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/13200000/Dr-Leonard-McCoy-star-trek-the-movies-13224707-800-990.jpg
gipper
"if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty [...] let me say one single word: 'dentistry'" PJ O'Rourke
TheFinalDoctor
unfortunately you won't live long enough to see the real good stuff - "the doctor gave me a pill and I grew a new kidney"
gourami
Let me just say... what a time to be alive!
stchameau
"Do you ever think about how fucked you'd be in medieval times with your weak eyesight, asthma and homosexual tendencies?"
thinkingwaytoohardaboutthis
one day, people will look back to now and say "can you believe our ancestors actually did crazy stuff like that? barbarians!"
PlainSimpleGarak
"Kidney dialysis! What is this, the Dark Ages!?" ~ Dr. McCoy, Star Trek IV
ThisIsMyOverlyLongAccountNameThereAreManyLikeItButThisOneIsMine
As long as we're progressing, that's fine by me. Leave a better legacy for our kids than our parents left for us.
PastaIsLife
Treating cancer by chemotherapy!? WHAT A BUNCH OF LOONS!
pykx
And so mad at anti-vaccination morons.
vwiese
And to think that we have to thank Göring for that... I think it was Göring? Wasn't it Göring? Yeah, I think so.
CountVorkosigan
God help you if you had urinary problems back then. A scraper up your urethra was the "high tech" solution of the time.
ToastyMozart
*Winces*
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I guess that's what people have always been saying..
ultimatew
Yeah, someone will say the same in 200 years :) about us...
IFoundAnotherUsername
I was just going to say this. Weird how that always happens isn't it? The present always looks so advanced
ultimatew
Yeah just look back at some of the games we played years ago, Icould not have dreamed up MassEffect while playing bruce lee on 8bit :)