#Medical photographs

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Finsen's apparatus for concentrating the sun's rays, illustration from Medical Electricity and Light: An Elementary Textbook for Nurses (c 1910)

“You have this Edwardian nurse in leg-of-mutton sleeves and steampunk eyeglasses doing something very technical”, explains Natasha McEnroe, Curator of the Florence Nightingale Museum. We're looking at a photograph from around 1900 in the museum's The Kiss of Light exhibition. The nurse is outside using a large lens, known as Finsen's apparatus, to focus direct sunlight onto the face of a woman with lupus vulgaris. The treatment is far less simple than it seems—such nurses knew the risk of burning.

In the early 20th century, light therapy was a very popular treatment for various ailments including lupus vulgaris, scrofula, and rickets. It took a skilled technician to administer treatment, and they were almost exclusively women. McEnroe was enthusiastic about running this exhibition in the small, temporary space at the back of museum after being approached by historian Tania Woloshyn, who had uncovered the hidden history of these female technicians through her archival research. Together, Woloshyn and McEnroe designed the exhibition and excellent accompanying book.

Many British hospitals administered light therapy to patients, especially in the interwar years. Nurses appear in nearly every photograph of light therapy, whether intimately holding the face of a patient to ensure precise application of light, or entertaining small children who needed reassurance when facing the intimidating apparatus. Yet, McEnroe says, nurses are “totally missing” from medical discussion of the “powerfully bactericidal” effects of light therapy. But the exhibition displays show the all-female nursing team of the Light Department at the Royal London Hospital, who were “praised for their exacting standards and kindness towards patients”, or the staff at the South London Hospital for Women and Children, who were all women.

There is a retro futurism about many of these images. We move from Edwardian outfits to 20th-century posters of lurid orange babies and grinning, tanned mothers. Photographs document how light therapy moved away from health care and into the domestic sphere. The picture of the “Homesun” mercury vapour lamp from the 1930s reflects this shift towards light therapy in the home, to which medical professionals were vehemently opposed. There are accounts of people falling asleep in front of their lamps and being burnt, or even, as the exhibition book describes, “being electrocuted while using them in the bathroom”.

Health professionals took light therapy seriously from the early days of treatment, because they knew that overdoses could be damaging. But the public's view that “tanned skin” was a reflection of “health” was unstoppable, and “by the late 1920s”, explains McEnroe, “light therapy became conflated with general sunbathing in the public realm”. The museum is responsibly addressing present-day concerns about sun exposure and skin cancer in a series of public events, talks, and lectures, and the museum is also giving visitors Cancer Research UK leaflets about sun safety. It's interesting to note that next door at St Thomas' Hospital there is still a phototherapy department, used mainly for dermatology."

Hidden histories of light therapy

Kelley Swain

Published:August 22, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61527-6

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[2-dsimp]

Would any of the characters be okay if we broke up with them? Or at the very least, politely and cutely rejected them?

Nope, absolutely none of them will be okay.

In fact it’s bold of you to think that’d they’d ever let you break up with them to begin with.

ψ(｀∇´)ψ

They are Yandere’s after all so here’s but a few categories of how they’d react.

1. They’d rather die (fall into depression and off themselves),

2. If they can’t have you no one will (they’d kill you),

3. They’d hold you captive (Stockholm syndrome),

4. They’d break your mind just to build you back up again (mind break),

5. They’d make you dependent on them (cripple you), 👀

Some reactions will vary from tame, moderate, or extreme in any case their darling ever brings up such blasphemy. Ultimately, It all depends on said yandere boi.

[heterotopian]

The Tale of Two Cities according to Stephi and Heiko - Part 470

Since we had Part 468 for two weeks now, that shows we are definitely getting older and probably in need of some assistance soon. We are lucky to live in a time and age, in which in is easy to get some help when you are getting older.

Hence we are showing you medical supply shops this week. Here, I am not talking about pharmacy where you get your drugs but where you can buy for example sticks or walkers, aids for your home and whatnot.

The first picture shows a medical supply shop from Munich, while the second one a shop in Cologne. Often these supply shops not only sell the needed items at theirs stores but come to your home, give advice what is best suited for your needs and then deliver the supplies. Often these shops are part of a bigger chain with a widespread network that supply private people, senior residencies and hospital.

I hope that none of you is in need of such a medical supply, which is why I am not asking any questions this week.

[latenightsundayblues]

Give it up for adam faulkner everybody

He's been saving up money for the last two weeks so he could finally buy a cup of name-brand coffee that actually tastes good. It was supposed to be his lunch

[cookiwi-octonauts]

KWAZII FOR AN AU IDEA ASUBAHVHK

Known for his adventurous and daredevil behaviour Kwazii "The Untamed" is recognised as fiercest pirate in the seven seas 🌊

But he is still silly lovely and helps the creatures in danger obviously

[quotidianish]

to everyone who celebrates, I hope you’ve had a nice Yom Kippur, Chuseok, and Mid autumn festival !

bonus celebration under cut ❤️

[eopederson]

Famous physicians, above entrance door to old Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, 2015.

[ytelovski]

elderberry

[tbyfandoms]

everyone say “thank you interview magazine!” because jesus christ

[lesbianralzarek]

fic writers who have written smut, tag this with the driest/least sexy thing youve had to look up whilst writing a sex scene

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok noting that the number of crewmen with framed photographs of captain Janeway is alarming. There's nothing to really DO about it but it is alarming nonetheless.

[theopiumeater]

[2-dsimp]

When is some of your ocs' birthdays? How old are they all? How do they celebrate their birthdays And? And do they like to celebrate their birthdays or not really?

Lovely question o(≧v≦)o

Time to draw my second general draft list!

Most of them are generally within their 20s

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Yandere Spin-offs

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Icha- Age: 19

『January 13th』 【♑️】

Evon- Age: 20

『BD: December 10th』 【♐️】

Temothy-Age: 21

『March 12th』 【♓️】

Nokka- Age: 22

『April 19th』 【♈️】

Quio- Age: 22

『BD: July 4th』 【♋️】

Covu- Age: 24

『BD: May 2nd』【♉️】

Adonis- Age: 25

『BD: August 3rd』 【♌️】

Zebad- Age: 28

『BD: February 7th』 【♒️】

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Yandere Monster gang

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Lynx- Age: 21

『BD: May 26th』 【♊️】

Uriel-Age: 25

『BD: February 14th』 【♓️】

Fredrico-Age: 200 (20 in human terms)

『BD:October 18th』 【♎️】

The poltergeist- Age: 23 (actual years ???)

『BD: November 6th 』 【♏️】

Rivius-Age: 2,900 (29 in human terms)

『BD: April 1st』 【♈️】

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Yandere Hitman team

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Ossian- Age: 20

『BD: March 10th』 【♓️】

Yujin- Age: 21

『BD: December 15th』 【♐️】

Dan/Danny-Age: 23

『October 23rd』 【♏️】

The Enforcer- Age: 24

『BD: August 8th』 【♌️】

Moros- Age: 26

『BD: June 5th』 【♋️】

Bjorn- Age: 27

『BD: September 9th』 【♍️】

Koji- Age: 29

『BD: January 17th』 【♒️】

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Since this is just a general age draft so I am open to any age change suggestions (^◇^;)/ I will answer the other questions in a later date

[8rujaa]

to anyone dealing with ptsd, has there been anything that has helped relieve some of the symptoms?

[thefrankshow]

Final Destination