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Internal and Secondary Muscles of the Torso and Abdomen

Mrs. Martha Chase Owen, under the pseudonym Clorion, appears to have completed her anatomical illustrations based upon the publication “The Medical Adviser and Domestic Physician,” but no copies of that publication or journal have survived to modern times.

Discovering her true identity was difficult due to the number of skilled artists in the “utopian” society of New Harmony, Indiana, but academics including documents examiner Stephen McKasson and historian Linda Warrum have produced evidence showing the evidence of her penmanship and style on every page of remaining illustrations.

Read more in The Chase for Clorion, Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 109, Issue 2, pp 147-160.

[Anatomical Illustrations taken from The Domestic Physician]. Clorion, 1830. Via Historical Anatomies on the Web.

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Bones and Muscles of the Thigh and Leg

“Clorion” appears to have been Martha Chase Owen, the wife of Richard Owen, who was the son of the founder of the settlement of Harmonie/New Harmony, Indiana. She first arrived in the settlement with her first husband, Dr. Thomas Chase, who was an artist and a chemist.

After a year of turmoil and being turned out of her own house, Dr. Chase confronted his wife’s friend Richard Owen, who’d been walking around town with Martha....

[Anatomical Illustrations taken from The Domestic Physician]. Clorion, 1830. Via Historical Anatomies on the Web.

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Bones and muscles of the thigh and leg

For decades, the illustrations of “Clorion” had no definitive artist. Many accomplished medical artists had resided in New Harmony/Harmonie, Indiana, during the period where the illustrations were made, but it was unclear who had truly authored them.

However, after more than 1.5 centuries, we may know the answer to the mystery.

[Anatomical Illustrations taken from The Domestic Physician]. Clorion, 1830. Via Historical Anatomies on the Web.

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Principal external muscles of the body (Labels modernised)

1. Triceps brachii 2. Deltoid 3. Rotundus major 4. Latissimus dorsi 5. Pectoralis major 6. External oblique 7. Rectus abdominus 8. Sartorius 9. Rector femoris 10. Vastus lateralis 11. Vastus medialis 12. Gastrocnemius 13. Soleus

[Anatomical Illustrations taken from The Domestic Physician]. Clorion, 1830. Via Historical Anatomies on the Web.

Source: nlm.nih.gov

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Superficial (Fig 1) and deep (Fig 2) anatomy of the neck

As you can see in the illustrations, unlike most of the body, the head and neck have a LOT of blood and lymphatic vessels near the surface, in addition to beneath the muscles and fascia. This is one of the many reasons it’s so easy to cut an artery in the neck, or cause serious damage by blunt trauma to the region.

It’s also why the scalp and face bleed so much when cut - there are more surface blood vessels there than the rest of the body.

An Atlas of Surgical Apparatus. Henry Thomas Chapman, 1832.

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FRIENDS ARE FOR LOVING NOT FOR EATING

it does not matter how prime their ribs and haunches are I AM SERIOUS KEVIN, PUT THAT FORK AWAY

(okay maybe one kidney is alright) (but only with consent)

[repeat until learned]

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Superficial muscles and fascia in the adult male and female

Die Frau als Hausärztin. Dr. Anna Fitcher-Duckelmann, 1911.

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Frontispiece for “The Life of W.T. Sapp, the World Famous Ossified Man”

W.T. Sapp was born in Lebanon, KY, in 1854, and had a normal early childhood. By age seven, though, a significant stiffening of the joints had begun to appear in his legs and arms. By age ten, Sapp was completely immobilized aside from his left forearm, left hand, and jaw. He was still able to feed himself and write, but needed to be attended to in order to move about and care for himself in other ways. The disuse of his muscles led to a complete atrophy of the tissue (leading to a weight of only 40 lbs at adulthood), and the cost of his care led to his family displaying him as a sideshow freak.

However, unlike the majority of historical “freakish” persons, W.T. Sapp was cared for by a loving caretaker (a member of his church as a child) and family, and was very intelligent, referred to as an “encyclopedia in a baby carriage”. His successful career as a “circus freak” was not at the cost of his personal dignity and fulfillment, according to his own hand. He lived for over 45 years, and became one of the most renowned medical anomalies in the Western hemisphere and Western Europe.

This book was written Sapp’s his 43rd year of life. The exact condition Sapp was afflicted with is not known. However, there are many juvenile-onset muscular dystrophy/atrophy conditions known to exist today, and no doubt the majority existed in the past, as well.

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Birds know how to get down!

Principles of Zoology, Part I: Comparative Physiology. Louis Agassiz and A. A. Gould, 1851.

[I don't actually know the species of bird illustrated here. It was mentioned in the text as "the prototypical bird", sooooo...a passerine? A chicken? A crow? The structure doesn't look like any of them.]

#natural history #anatomy #muscles #comparative anatomy #birds #Louis Agassiz #1850s #1851 #regular show #gif #party #fist pump

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Musculature of the venom apparatus.

Most venomous snakes can change the muscle tension around their venom sacs when they strike. This regulates how much (and if) venom is injected into the victim. In some species, almost 60% of bites are "dry" - not injecting any venom.

Snake Venoms: An Investigation of Venomous Snakes, with Special Reference to the Phenomena of Their Venoms. By Hideyo Noguchi M. D., 1909.

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Skull and facial structure components illustrated.

The history of medicine in Japan is a very interesting one, highly influenced by an isolationist stance taken by the Edo government. In the middle of the 16th century, Portuguese traders brought the first beginnings of medicine in Europe over to Japan, and there was a good deal of interest around the scholarly community. However, the Tokugawa family established a cultural stance of distrust of anything western, even when it was better than what they had prior to its arrival.

Diseases were thought to be caused by evil spirits, and the dead body was an impure substance that would contaminate whomever touched it, so it was uncommon that people were willing to undertake even limited dissections.

Personally, I find it amazing and fascinating that Japan started into the age of modern medicine so slowly and yet progressed so quickly, to the point that it now has some of the most innovative therapies and research out there.

From Kaibo Zonshinzu anatomy scrolls by Yasukazu Minagaki, 1819. In Keio University Archives.