Sun, 07 Oct 2007
"ever-welling monomanias": life with Asperger's syndrome
Via Scruffulans Hirsutus, a terribly well-written article from Tim Page in the October 7 New Yorker on life with Asperger's Syndrome. One thing I really like about the New Yorker is their refreshing use of the diaeresis.
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Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Historical anatomy books online
Here, courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine in Bethesda MD. Fascinating stuff! Here's a plate from William Cheselden's 1733 Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones:

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