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Reminiscing a bit about the incredible shit I saw when I worked in the rare books collection of a famous medical school’s library
Tardigrades of yore
A brace to prevent elbow flexion: not cruel at all
is that... a kid performing the surgery?
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I could do a thread about truncated titles on barcode labels, but fortunately I retain a shred of self-respect
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Perfection of fit between work and publisher
I mean,,
No, that’s Spencer Tracy
This preposterous drawing gives me joy. Look at the tiny phone! The hand!
This is the Pi Cutter. It cuts π with π!
we found the four fragments in four variously located books. That they apparently remained where the writer left them says something, I guess, about this technique for meeting people.
I, the former philosophy professor, apologize
yes you CAN, Christoph.
one of my all-time favorite diagrams
great dedications
wtf is the the 3rd dimension for??
If you’re enjoying this thread, may I also suggest my long thread of incredible marbled endpapers and boards I came across while working in that collection? https://twitter.com/corsent/status/1159138363120717824">https://twitter.com/corsent/s...
things go better with (?)
worst Judy Blume story ever
ah
almost flawless execution of the acrostic
mid-century postmodern
how to see what he looks like without his mustache
how to make use of this animal
Cat Tests
this taxonomy is possibly not entirely factual
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The many forms of fungally induced affect among vertebrates
I just... [shudder]
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I got to rip history open
Dentistry Dies In Darkness
Hard Science
we are doing what we can to keep up appearances.
I came upon this and can only assume it was intentional—a silly little visual joke that still brings me much joy.
so horrible, and yet you can’t look away
New England Nice™
the game plan
Neurologist, Thy Name Is
Family Fun Night
check your byte
dedicated affectionately to @ass_deans
strapping
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒟𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝒟𝒾𝒸𝓀
such a sensitive use of the typeface
The skull and tamping iron of Phineas Gage. Alas, none of the exhibits of the Warren Anatomical Museum is currently on public display owing to renovations 
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becoldens my blood a little
sans contexte
ur credentials r so hot
Poster for my band, Milch Asses
Osborn did not have his way, and we live with the consequences
please caption this?
Bampfylde Moore Carew,
𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓰𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓼
𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓰𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓼
Death, you prick
the Deuill: who in the likeneſse of a headleſse Beare fetched her out of her Bedd
steal not this Book for fear of shame
for God’s sake mind your syntax!
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Open wide, please
Albert Hofmann, synthesizer of LSD
“O wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us,
It wad frae mony a blunder free us, an foolish notion”
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It wad frae mony a blunder free us, an foolish notion”
Nice sentiment, but ffs look at those preposterous caricatures
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Rapture, & Extreem Deſpair
The Plausible
Do not be afraid of a row
Be independent
Keep secrets
Be independent
Keep secrets
