bioephemera is art + biology - anything and everything from representations of science in art and literature to the neuroscience of aesthetics. Along with lots of other stuff that's just plain interesting.
Illustration by John George
From Opera Chirurgica by Hieronymus Fabricius, 1684
From Sothebys via Bibliodyssey
When I saw this illustration over at Bibliodyssey, the first thing I thought of was the creepy Nazi henchman Kroenen in the film Hellboy. Shiver! But apparently it's a medical device - a full-body splinting apparatus. (At least, it's a concept drawing for such a device, since as Peacay points out, you probably wouldn't survive injuries extensive enogh to require full-body splinting in 1684.)
Medicine & Health
Comments
MAN I can't get BibliOd to work in my feed reader! ARG. That suit is SO AWESOME I can't get over it.
Posted by: mordicai | December 3, 2008 9:31 AM
Ooh...how comfortable looking! ;-) I can't imagine what conceptual injuries inspired this design, unless people were regularly launched from catapults in the 16oo's.
Posted by: Dana | December 10, 2008 9:23 AM