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NEW EPISODE ALERT! This week we're covering a classic, the deadly & debilitating dysentery. From disease progression to The Oregon Trail, this episode is your one-stop-shop for all your dysentery info needs.
Diseased intestines (dysentery). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain
NEW EPISODE ALERT! This time we're taking on three totally different diseases caused by three totally different bacteria in the genus Bartonella. Cat scratch fever, Carrión's disease, and trench fever are all on the menu this week, so tune in and enjoy!
Pics: Wellcome, CC BY 4.0
I'm still reeling from learning that a rabbit papillomavirus might be responsible for the jackalope myth (which, btw, I honestly believed was a real animal for way too long).
Pics from Wiki Commons
NEW EPISODE! This week we tackle one of the deadliest tick-borne bacterial diseases in the world: Rocky Mountain spotted fever. From its painful pathology to its tragic history we cover the ins and outs of this feared infection.
Wiki Commons (D. electus synonym of D. variabilis)
Happy #SkeletonSaturday! Have you listened to our eastern equine encephalitis episode yet?
From Die Anatomie des Pferdes. NIH
This infographic from the CDC shows the most common symptoms of dengue fever.
On our latest episode, we talked a bit about how ricin (from the castor bean plant) and abrin (from the rosary pea) have very similar ribosome inhibiting actions - you can see just how similar they are in structure from this illustration.
Wiki Commons
These illustrations show some of the damage to the skin and muscles that can be caused by untreated syphilis.
All images from Wellcome Collection
Please join us on this #SkeletonSaturday in saying 😱to this beautiful and shudder-inducing 19th century medical illustration by Nicholas Hennri Jacob
Found on: https://t.co/BgdxErmBKJ
Happy #SkeletonSaturday! The title of this dark little comic from 1815 is "The Honeymoon". There's a lot going on here, but can someone explain what's up with the dog?
By Thomas Rowlandson. In book The English Dance of Death, Vol 1, 1815. Getty Research Institute.