Not sure if it counts as spooky, but for the #histmed crowd, this is an early modern illustration in @AsianLibraryNL Japan collections of some internal organ—what organ, they don’t know! 😬 The label is “pathological drawing in color.” They welcome suggestions! 👀 #AsiaLibLeiden
The outer page of a medical drawing of some kind of unknown internal organ, which is a thin tissue paper layer with a white covering on it as if it’s a sac that was around the organ (but that is unclear!).
A medical drawing of some kind of unknown internal organ against a blank background. It is shades of bright yellow and red, looking lumpy and vaguely like an angry fluffy cloud. It has angry red veins on it.
Another view of the unknown lumpy internal organ side by side with the white tissue covering.
Not sure if it counts as spooky, but for the #histmed crowd, this is an early modern illustration in @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social’s Japan collections of some kind of internal organ—what organ, they don’t know! 😬 The label is “pathological drawing in color.” They welcome suggestions! 👀 #AsiaLibLeiden
Are you in need of more skeletons? Of course you are! Here’s some super cool paper overlays of a man (with a modesty cloud) and his skeleton from an 1810 Japanese osteopathy book @AsianLibraryNL! #AsiaLibLeiden #histmed
A full body painted outline of a man with a small cartoon cloud over his genitals. The top of the image is slightly see through to layers underneath that show a skeleton.
An ink drawing of a full skeleton.
A full body painted outline of a man viewed from behind. The top of the image is slightly see through to layers underneath that show a skeleton.
A painted ink drawing of a skeleton viewed from behind.
Are you in need of more skeletons? Of course you are! Here’s some super cool paper overlays of a man (with a modesty cloud) and his skeleton from an 1810 Japanese osteopathy book @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social! #AsiaLibLeiden
More #histmed goodies from my play date in the @AsianLibraryNL archives: these illustrations are from a 1790 Japanese medical text, in this case advising people on how to rescue drowning victims. 😱 Some, uh, seem more effective than others! #AsiaLibLeiden
More #histmed goodies from my play date in the @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social archives: these illustrations are from a 1790 Japanese medical text, in this case advising people on how to rescue drowning victims. 😱 Some, uh, seem more effective than others! #AsiaLibLeiden
Have you checked on your horse today? Today’s skeletons are part of a series of veterinary books from 1852 that, while having consulted Dutch anatomy books, were largely compiled from Chinese and Japanese models. 🐴 #AsiaLibLeiden
Have you checked on your horse today? Today’s skeletons are part of a series of veterinary books from 1852 that, while having consulted Dutch anatomy books, were largely compiled from Chinese and Japanese models. 🐴 #AsiaLibLeiden @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social
Which Edo aquatic creature trapped between the election and holiday season are you? ☉ ‿ ⚆ #AsiaLibLeiden
Which Edo aquatic creature trapped between the election and holiday season are you? ☉ ‿ ⚆ #AsiaLibLeiden
Since it’s spooky season, I ought to share some of the cool medical texts I got to see @AsianLibraryNL! 💀 These are from a 1772 publication of an earlier translation of a Dutch medical book (that was translated from the original Latin!) #AsiaLibLeiden
Since it’s spooky season, I ought to share some of the cool Japanese medical texts I got to see at Leiden! 💀 These are from a 1772 publication of an earlier translation of a Dutch anatomical medical book (that was translated from the original Latin!) #AsiaLibLeiden
Happy Friday! Here's some more goodies from the naturalist collections of @AsianLibraryNL (without my silly commentary 😉). This is a series of (rather large!) illustrations of antlers and bones that were apparently found in a ditch in Kōzuke (Gunma today) in 1797. #AsiaLibLeiden
Happy Friday! Here's some more goodies from the naturalist collections of Leiden's Asian Library (without my silly commentary 😉). This is a series of (rather large!) illustrations of antlers and bones that were apparently found in a ditch in Kōzuke (Gunma today) in 1797. #AsiaLibLeiden
