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biomedicalephemera:

“PHAGEDENIC CONDITION OF GUNSHOT WOUND”

When invasive organisms were introduced to the body via gunshot wounds, a “phagedenic condition” (“eating-sloughing”) can occur. It was treated the same way as all other ulcers developing wet gangrene – amputation. 

Charles F. Barnum, Private in Co. E, of the 187th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, was shot in the Battle of Petersburg, VA, and was photographed and illustrated when his ulcer extended 6.5 inches from his ankle. The amputation was performed just below the tubercule of the tibia, and healed fully. No prosthetic was recorded before discharge.

Photograph from National Museum of Health Archives. Contributed Photograph 1183.

bone-vulture-lu:

Bords

end0skeletal:

This September (2018) in

Aitoliko, Greece, the beach was covered in a blanket of massive spiderwebs.

According to

Maria Chatzaki, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Democritus University of Thrace,

“The phenomenon we observed in Aitoliko is not unprecedented. It is a seasonal phenomenon that occurs mainly at the end of the summer and early autumn, and is caused by the spiders of the genus Tetragnatha.”

Apparently, unusually warm weather is to blame ― or credit, depending on how you look at it ― for the phenomenon. Warm temperatures lead to an uptick in mosquitoes and gnats, i.e., delicious spider food.

“It’s caused by an overpopulation of spiders … there is an abundance of food available,” biologist Euterpe Patetsini told Greek media outlet Alpha TV.

Read more here, here, and here.

my-animal-skulls:

Hairtail f.ish skull. This skull has some of the most awesome teeth I have ever seen! It’s also quite a big skull at almost 20 cm.