//=time() ?>
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
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
This beautiful, unusual, and frankly kind of terrifying cross-section of the head comes from Braune's Atlas of Topographical Anatomy, published in 1872 . Happy #SkeletonSaturday!
Drawing by C. Schmiedel. From NIH.
Happy #SkeletonSaturday, everyone! We hope you're feeling happier than this sad pile of bones!
The English Dance of Death. Thomas Rowlandson, 1815. Getty Research Institute.
Sorry in advance for this picture, which shows cutaneous larva migrans, a skin disease that often arises when people come into contact with animal hookworms, such as those from the family dog. Enjoy!
Photo credit: Adrian Wressell, Heart of England NHS FT, Wellcome Collection
@silomel91 cestodes have a complex life cycle, so the stickleback probably ate infected copepods or other small crustaceans. Never saw it coming😏
Figure from: https://t.co/Ey3JnAwJM5