Clinical Aspects of Monsters
Here's a collection of images from an old obstetrics textbook... probably from the very early 20th century (unfortunately I only saved the pictures - and not the title or publication info - years ago). Okay, I know, the whole "baby fetus" thing is soooooo Kurt-Cobain-mid-90s, but this is some good stuff - a little bondage, a little military torture, some weird Kirby/Woodring/Bosch stuff, etc. I've actually refrained from posting the more explicit images in favor of the more bizarre ones... I think we all know what an expelled placenta looks like already, don't we? Anyway, class begins:
Coulda sworn I had a botle of Old Harper in here somewhere...
Ah, the "slop jar" - a necessary addition to any birthing room.
This is actually a really lovely picture, sorta reminds me of Courbet's "The Origin of the World".
Kinky!
I have this tattooed on my skull.
...soon to be replaced with the "Mask of Motherhood" - sort of a Jekyl & Hyde switch, if you ask me.
I love old X-rays. Here's another good one - the first one ever.
Aren't there laws about using a baby's head as a bong?
Oh yeah, this is exactly what I want to see coming down the hall when I'm in labor. Yikes.
I'm sure the security people at the airport would LOVE this.
Also doubles as an egg-beater.
No wonder kids are inclined to like slides.
Get it?
Inclined?
Slides?
Okay, sorry.
Frank Herbert. David Lynch.
All done - yay!