Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils

Blogs Worth Checking Out - An Incomplete List, to be Periodically Updated - Last Updated 11/04/11

Reblogging for those who aren’t on tumblr during the work day - added a few blogs I forgot, too.

biomedicalephemera:

In no particular order of preference, here are a few other blogs that have material similar to what’s on here, and some that are just plain interesting. Give them a look!

And yeah, some of them fall between all of the categories (or are themed “personal” blogs) - the groupings are just to give you a rough idea what’s there.

Medical Blogs

fuckyeahmedicalstuff.tumblr.com - Follow it! Especially in-depth but non-confusing posts on many medical subjects, particularly good mental health posts. Excellent posts between the informational ones, too.

zygoma.tumblr.com - Similar to FYMS, but generally different content. 

ucsdhealthsciences.tumblr.com/ - Current events in the medical field, interviews with specialists, and interesting informative posts

effyeahmicrobiology.tumblr.com/ - Can be fairly technical for non-medical people, but seriously…just look at that microphotography!

pestilense.tumblr.com/

insane-in-the-meninges.tumblr.com/ 

mitotic.tumblr.com/ - Formerly diagnostics

deformutilation.tumblr.com/ 

blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/ - Doctor with really innovative ideas and thoughts on the state of medicine in the information era, especially in the United States

Biology and Medical History/Illustration/Ephemera Blogs

scientificillustration.tumblr.com - Excellent citations and leads to great sources

unnaturalist.tumblr.com

moshita.tumblr.com/ - Mostly medical arts and ephemera

fyeahanatomy.tumblr.com/

sutured-infection.tumblr.com/

illustratedanatomy.tumblr.com/

anatomicallyincorrect.tumblr.com/ - Lovely artistic ephemera

arsanatomica.tumblr.com/ - Not updated often, but very interesting view into scientific illustration

articulomortis.tumblr.com/

http://dryeffects.tumblr.com/

skullandbone.tumblr.com/

stilllifequickheart.tumblr.com/

opaquemountains.tumblr.com/ - Wide variety of content, but lots in the natural history genre

amnhnyc.tumblr.com/ - American Museum of Natural History

Assorted Science Blogs

jtotheizzoe.tumblr.com/ - All branches of science, enthusiastic postgrad, sort of crazy commentary sometimes…pretty awesome.

skepttv.tumblr.com/ - Lots of videos on medical and biological subjects, and other interesting skeptical presentations.

ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology.tumblr.com/ - Very biology-intensive, and very interesting, far more devo than med, but for the biology-minded, a must-follow

wildlifecollective.tumblr.com/

www.vetstail.com/ - Tumblog of UK vet student

veterinarianjoske.tumblr.com/

artologica.tumblr.com/ - Biology-based watercolor art

freakyfauna.tumblr.com/

rhamphotheca.tumblr.com - Animals, lots and lots of animals. And then some more animals.

itsfullofstars.tumblr.com/

ohscience.tumblr.com/

scienceisbeauty.tumblr.com/

I’ll return to this and update it every now and then.