biomedicalephemera:

Lewisite was actually primarily used by the American forces during WW1, but was produced by the Japanese before WWII, and used against the Northern Chinese and Koreans during their conquest of those areas. Though this poster is in the same style as the other chemical warning posters (from WWI), Lewisite was not used as a chemical weapon by the Allies until WWII.

It causes pus-filled blisters (like mustard gas), and without protection can cause pulmonary edema. Sufficient exposure and absorption causes liver necrosis.

defrag:

Kusakabe Kinbei, Tattooed courier, 1885c.

rhamphotheca:

Nobusuma (野衾, a monstrous demon flying squirrel)

from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki (今昔画図続百鬼, “The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past”), 1781, a supernatural bestiary by Toriyama Sekien

Acute radiation syndrome in Hiroshima man

Acute radiation syndrome is the short-term (first months) effect upon the health of those exposed to high levels of ionizing radiation. Depending upon the dosage of radiation received, the symptoms can vary widely, but some of the most common effects are moderate to severe leukopenia (decrease in white blood cell numbers), purpura (the purple spots under the skin caused by subdermal hemorrhage - a result of platelet destruction), hemorrhage (general hemorrhage - again, because of platelet destruction), nausea and vomiting, and epilation (hair loss).

rhamphotheca:

scientificillustration:  Giant Salamander (Andrias sp.)

n290_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Wild life of the world. v.2.
London ;F. Warne and co.,1916.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/70728

* Its not clear if this is the Chinese or Japanese Giant Salamander though :/

The text mentions Megalobatrachus maximus (yeah, not the technically correct term, I know) as being found in both China and Japan, so I’m not even sure if the Asian giant salamanders were differentiated at that point…besides, they look the same, just different sizes, really.

The Giant Spider Crab of Japan [Macrocheira kaempferi]

This is a big ol’ crab.

Bigger than any other arthropod. Some can be 3.8m (12 ft) from claw to claw.

They’re really, really big.

That is all.

Scenes From Every Land. National Geographic Society. Edited by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, 1907.

biomedicalephemera:

Triaxeopus cornutus

This octopus’ species is currently under debate. It was known as Octopus cornutus (Owen) for a while, and was considered to be in the “Octopus horridus” group. Horrible octopus. Horrible horrible octopus.

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume XI. 1885.

Triaxeopus cornutus

This octopus’ species is currently under debate. It was known as Octopus cornutus (Owen) for a while, and was considered to be in the “Octopus horridus” group. Horrible octopus. Horrible horrible octopus.

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume XI. 1885.

Cross-section of cervical region displaying musculature, bones, trachea, spinal cord, and blood vessels.

Also known as: this is what the neck looks like when you cut someone’s head off.

From the Kaibo Zonshinzu anatomy scrolls by Yasukazu Minagaki, produced in 1819. Now in Keio University archives.

Convalescence - January 1946.

Photograph of Sumeritu Taniguchi’s back injuries, taken by U.S. Marines photographer Joe O’Donnell while recording war damage in 50 Japanese cities.

Patient took over 8 months to recover from burn injuries.

August 9, 1945: Fat Man falls on Nagasaki. 73,884 people die as a direct result.

~40,000 killed instantly.
~34,000 died soon after from wounds.

2,000 of those killed were Korean forced laborers.

8 were Allied POWs.

The one American POW in Nagasaki was in confinement. The walls of his cell protected him.

Approximately 80,000 died by the end of 1945.

74,909 others injured but not killed.

1945. Burns from Hiroshima atomic bomb blast. The blast left impressions of the fabric the person was wearing at the time. 

Lewisite was actually primarily used by the American forces during WW1, but was produced by the Japanese before WWII, and used against the Northern Chinese and Koreans during their conquest of those areas. Though this poster is in the same style as the other chemical warning posters (from WWI), Lewisite was not used as a chemical weapon by the Allies until WWII.

It causes pus-filled blisters (like mustard gas), and without protection can cause pulmonary edema. Sufficient exposure and absorption causes liver necrosis.