In Japanese fairytales and legends we often encounter boxes. They are farewell presents the protagonist receives upon leaving another world. The protagonist must not open the box, yet this very prohibition forces him to do so. Boxes are full of secrets. And it is in human nature to want to reveal them. This type of secret started my discovery of this collection of medical photographs. One day the art collector Akimitsu Naruyama, a long-time friend of mine, called me from Tokyo. “I got a box with more than 300 incredible photographs,” he told me. “They are medical photographs from the Meiji era (1868-1911). You’ve never seen anything like it.”
a shoe-box of photos that survived an american nuclear bomb being dropped on it!
related post: mutter museum : historic medical photographs
i’m having some sort of orgasmic asthma attack.
is this a book in your collection?
have you ever been to the museum vrolik? i’ve never been to the mutter, but vrolik is a delight.
Holy crap those are amazing… the deformed baby thing… it’s hard to believe that these things are even real.
Love it.
The Baby is my Favorit.
I will buy the Collection =)
Best Wishes
wow-what an amazing find!
if i could have a book i would have the legandary Lewis Carroll one
I love the last one, those white sticks on the cancers look like flower stalks that are entering like needles in her flesh.
or maybe that’s because I’m drunk.
anyway Trevor, I’m still waiting for you to tell me what was all that gossiping about!! :p
ugh, i ment box not book. only jus read that and it sounds retarded
people only comment here when they are drunk
or after having too much caffeine
or coming down
wow, amazing! i would love to have this book.