Ivy Stark 21. Taxidermist. Marvel-nut. When not chasing after good looking doctors and paramedics, Ivy is an artist with an avid interest in super-heroes, sci-fi and the Titanic.
Smitty Thompson 21. History Nerd. Fuzzy Person. Smitty always is on the lookout for new priestlings to pet and tid bits to put into her historical fiction. She likes fuzzy Germans.
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.
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This baby owl hit our window. Gave us this look the whole time - Imgur
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If you go before I do
I’m gonna tell the grave digger
That he better dig two
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We’ve got lovely owl, angry owl, and now, anxious owl.
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