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I wasn't sure what whether to post this under Props or Craft, props won.

As part of scene setting, I have been collecting old (Victorian/Edwardian) anatomy illustrations from the web.

As they are old they should be out of copyright (hopefully)

Then printing them either on some parchment paper I have or aging them in Photoshop. Some will go in frames I have.

Others will be distressed with ragged edges and hand written amendments and comments. These could be light hearted or in our case dark and disturbing.

I found sources of Grays Anatomy 1918 edition, some example thumbnails are below. (click on each to enlarge)












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oh very cool , i might borrow some of those for our mad lab thanks for posting them

Wow, Great...thanks for posting...I can use these in my autopsy room. Good idea about the parchment paper too. Thanks!

Those will be FANTASTIC!

I'm fortunate in that I work in the healthcare industry, so when I first started flirting with the idea of kicking the haunt up a notch, I ran to one of my ER docs and asked them to recommend an anatomy book - she said that Netter's Anatomy is one of the best. I then proceeded to skip paying $90 for it and broke several copyright laws by photocopying all of the plates that interested me. (They've since become scattered throughout the house, so I think I'm going to end up buying the book anyway.)

But suffice it to say, anatomy atlases are AWESOME for any haunter.

You got great pictures! I made something similar a few years ago for my sister, a nurse, but the pics were a bit more modern

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body

Source for Grays 1918 edition

Some anatomy drawings I have always loved come from the book "De humani corporis fabrica" by Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) Might want to look at some of those

some others might be found at rotten.com (come on we've all been there admit it)

17th century images from De Monstris

from a 17th century book depicting medical oddities- siamese twins, etc and then some more far-fetched drawings. Could be neat as well.

We framed a few and placed them around the house.

This one we have used as a sign for the door to the lavatory

We framed a few and placed them around the house.

This one we have used as a sign for the door to the lavatory

I think you should hang it IN the lavatory so they can contemplate it as they go about their business