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?

I could do a thread about truncated titles on barcode labels, but fortunately I retain a shred of self-respect

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

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

The many forms of fungally induced affect among vertebrates

I just... [shudder]

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

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

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!

A catalog of microfiche titles, which is itself a microfiche title.

Question: Could it be a microfiche title that catalogs all and only those microfiche titles that do not catalog themselves?

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”

Nice sentiment, but ffs look at those preposterous caricatures

Rapture, & Extreem Deſpair

The Plausible

Do not be afraid of a row
Be independent
Keep secrets