Gruss vom Krampus!

And such :D

Venereal disease is rarely limited to the sexual organs when it’s not treated…

A. Late eczematoid syphilide of the leg showing mushroom-like nodules.

B. A late papulo-squamous syphilide resembling the heaped-up scales of a chronic psoriasis.

C. Leucoplakia of the tongue.

Gangrene of the Scrotum

Note the swelling of the scrotum occurring with the gangrene. The most common type of gangrene in the male perineal/genital region is called “Fournier Gangrene”, which is caused by a combination of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (meaning that it’s a form of gas gangrene). These give off gasses as they feed on the tissue, which can cause scrotal inflation. Complete irreversible necrosis of tissue, toxemia, and shock, are all very common with gas gangrenes. Death is also common.

The other reason that scrotal gangrene can occur is due to ischemia - the restriction or thinning of blood supply to an area, generally due to arterial occlusion. This is known as a dry gangrene. When this occurs, amputation of the affected area can generally halt the progression and prevent death.

An American Text-Book of Genito-Urinary Diseases, Syphilis, and Diseases of the Skin. L. Bolton Bangs, 1898.

Teeth of the Wolf-Fish

The wolf-fish is also known as the seawolf. A cold-water dweller that can survive all the way up to the top of Greenland thanks to a unique blood antifreeze it produces, the wolf-fish is currently facing conservation crises due to both over-fishing and being caught as by-catch when other fish and crustaceans are harvested.

It’s not even like this fish is up near the top of the ocean or a threat to humans…they chill in the deep benthic zone, on the hard floor of the Atlantic ocean. Thing is, that’s also where wild clams & crabs live - and the wolf-fish loves it some crab. Bottom trawlers often catch them along with their intended targets, and this leads to a massive number of inadvertent deaths. The fact that people love to catch these ugly dudes for mounting, especially in their shallower habitats near the British Isles, really doesn’t help their survival as a species. You’d think being so ugly would help keep them OUT of peoples’ collections…

The Principal Forms of the Skeleton and of the Teeth. Dr. Richard Owen, 1854.

cabbagingcove:

You! You are repulsive! I can fix you!

cabbagingcove:

You! You are repulsive! I can fix you!

There were a few man-eating tigers within India (and still are), but the tale of the man-eating tigers got VERY blown out of proportion by the colonial British, as tales of adventures are wont to do. 

Source unknown, late 1800s.

The Utica Crib for uncooperative patients at insane asylums, and later, at (somewhat) more legitimate “institutions”.

That is one broken baby.