IN THE GARDEN

nevver:

Pen and Ink, Si Scott

Photo by MPE

LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES::::::::::::::THAT SHIT MELTS!

(Source: bobo-baggy-bangs)

I knew this girl once.

terrysdiary:

John Waters at my studio #1

Camera: Nikon D3x
Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 1/125th
Focal Length: 50mm

biomedicalephemera:

Wound closure techniques ca. 1855.

Fig 1. Closure of the wound without sutures, using adhesives and cloth.
Fig 2. Simple interrupted suture.
Fig 3. Simple uninterrupted suture.
Fig 4. Interfolded suture, with stabilizing rods. Suture passes under wound and is pulled together despite no stitches over the wound site.
Fig 5. “Suture en zigzags” - Continuous horizontal mattress suture.
Fig 6. Twisted suture. Dieffenbach used this stitch in the early steps of his reconstructive surgery.
Fig 7. Suture needle holder.
Fig 8. Curved suture needles.

Précis iconographique de Médecine Opératoire et d’Anatomie Chirurgicale. Drs. Bernard and Huette, 1854.