Curiosity Is The Least Of My Problems

A collection of science and history including the macabre elements

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 1600s

[nemfrog]

The Rattlesnake.  The world book, organized knowledge in story and picture. v.8. 1920. Processed image.

Internet Archive

Encyclopedia volume uploaded to the IA by associate-mike-saelee

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Study of Skeletons Artist: Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906) Date: ca. 1848 Genre: anatomical study Medium: chalk and crayon on paper mounted on paperboard Dimensions: 54.8 cm (21.5 in) high x 41.8 cm (16.4 in) wide Location: Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, USA

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: A Way of Flying (no. 13 from the "Disparates" series) Artist: Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828) Date: 1815-16 Genre: fantasia, allegorical art (?) Movement: Romanticism Medium: etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper Dimensions: 24 cm (8.5 in) high x 35.8 cm (5.9 in) wide Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

The "Disparates" series of prints by Goya, depicting various dark, fantastic scenes, was not exhibited in the artist's lifetime. The meaning of this, one of the most famous prints in the series, is much debated: some scholars interpret it as an allegory for the artist's imagination "flying free" to escape censorship and oppression.

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Rolf Winkler (1884–1942), “Laughing Jester Skull”

vignette from ‘Der Orchideengarten’ Vol.1 #3, 1918

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[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

A male patient, aged 49 years, with a very large osteo-sarcoma of the right humerus.

The tumour had existed for eight years, but had increased very rapidly during the last year. It was removed by amputation at the shoulder joint, and the patient made a good recovery. The limb, with tumour, weighed 33lbs, after removal.

Photograph taken by John Howell Griffiths whilst a student at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School.

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[nemfrog]

Primate skulls from top to bottom: Orang utan, gorilla, chimpanzee. A new classification of human tooth forms with special reference to a new system of artificial teeth. 1914.

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[actias-lunar]

Destroy this Memory - Richard Misrach

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🦎 The reptiles of western North America San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. Original source Image description: Historical illustration titled “The reptiles of western North America,” depicting three lizards identified as Uta mearnsi (Mearns Giant Uta). Each lizard is shown in a different pose against a plain background, highlighting their elongated bodies, long striped tails, and distinctive spotted patterns on their skin. The illustration focuses on detailed features, including their clawed toes and textured scales. The lizards were collected in Andreas Canyon, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, in November 1912. The image serves as a scientific plate from the 1922 California Academy of Sciences publication.

[nemfrog]

The teeth. Health knowledge. a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use. 1920.

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Life & death, Ganga river, India, 2019 - by Rahul Gupta, Indian

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Allegory of the Transience of Life,(c. 1480–90) Master IAM of Zwolle

[deathandmysticism]

Jan de Baen, Detail of The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers, ca. 1672-75

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The Wicker Man of the Druids

An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798).

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

A monster soup commonly called Thames water

A woman drops her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water.

Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

The damaged heart of George II

1761

Engraving