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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
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! Check out this magnificent illustration by J. Bisbee from 1837 showing the blood vessels of the body.
From NLM
Check out this AMAZING giardia image created by listener Tal, inspired by some personal experience! 💩💩 You can find more of their awesome artwork at https://t.co/6rR6ht7YE2
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.
In 1681, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became the first person to see the giardia parasite, by looking in his own stool. His work in microscopy revolutionized the way we see the world (cue "A Whole New World").
Portrait by Jan Verkolje, 1680s. From Rijksmuseum, Wellcome Collection.