[Erlang]

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)












To find others search terms such as;

anatomy illustrations
animal illustrations

you get the idea

 

[a witch from canada]

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

 

[Elza]

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

 

[BallstonManor]

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.

 

[Junit]

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

 

[Erlang]

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body

Source for Grays 1918 edition

 

[Cerasmiles]

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

 

[runmikeyrun]

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.

 

[Erlang]

We framed a few and placed them around the house.

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

 

[HappyScientist]

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