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Actress Emma Stone Loves The Morbid Anatomy Library: "Vogue UK" and the "Herald Scotland," 2012

... How does [starlett Emma Stone's] obsession with mortality and death manifest itself? "By going to places like the Morbid Anatomy Library [in Brooklyn, New York] the other day, looking at little foetal pigs in jars. I have an interest in death. Obviously not constantly, but on a daily basis.

"There's an awareness of mortality, I think, that makes you live much more presently. There's something oddly comforting about death. Not dying. Dying, I'm terrified of, but death -" She pauses. "Sorry, am I getting really serious? Come on, we're in Cancun!"

-- "Emma Stone gets caught in Spider-Man's web," Herald Scotland, June 2012 (full article here)

A few months back, the Morbid Anatomy Library was graced with a visit by lovely, young and--apparently--morbidly inclined starlett Emma Stone, star of Easy A, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Help and, most recently, The Amazing Spiderman. She was trailed on this wine-soaked visit by reporter Alexa Chung of Vogue UK, and we spent a lovely rainy hour or two paging through some of my favorite books, poking around the taxidermy collection, and discussing our shared love for the macabre. The trip resulted not only in the expected article for Vogue UK--entitled "The Crazy Cool of Emma Stone," in the August 2012 issue--but also the piece from the Herlad Scotland quoted above.

You can read the entire Vogue UK article--in which you will  learn more about Stone's favorite books and artifacts in the collection, among other things--by clicking here, and the entire Herald Scotland piece by clicking here. Thanks so much to Jo Hanks for stumbling across the article, and for the donation of her very own issue of Vogue UK to this worthy cause! And thanks to good friend Eric Huang for alerting me.

Also, please feel free to come visit the library and see the collection for yourself during our next set of open hours this Saturday, September 15th, from 1-6. Details and directions here.

Photos of The Library by Shannon Taggart

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’: When did my friends stop watching?

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Apparently, at some point, my friends stopped watching Greys Anatomy and failed to inform me.

I discovered this last week when I was gushing to my friend Amy* about how excited I was for the show to return. Her response? Oh, I stopped watching that a long time ago. To be clear: I am NOT okay with this.

I sort of blame myself, actually. We used to bond over Greys Anatomy, and when I moved away, it became harder for us to have our weekly post-episode chat session. But Im now on a personal mission to get her and my other friends who have fallen off the McSexy wagon to start watching again. Because I think its too good for Greys fans (past and present!) to be missing.

When I tried to convince Amy to join me in this season, naturally, she whined: I want to! But I havent watched in forever! (To be specific, she estimated it was around the time George and Izzy happened.)

Normally, Id tell her to man-up and catch up using Netflix or (barf) read Wikipedia. But since were just about two weeks shy of the premiere, I recognize that not everyone can make it through several seasons of a TV show in that amount of time. (Some people sleep!) And, again, reading about several seasons of a show at one time is not satisfying. So, Im trying to prep a mini-marathon for her one that I plan on sharing with you very soon, too!

But to do so, I need to know the answer to the question below. I need a solid starting point. So, if you could, would you mind weighing in?

*Name changed to protect the innocent

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Digital Solutions Inc Released the English Version of DS ANATOMY H&N Musculoskeletal Anatomical App

HIROSHIMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Digital Solutions Inc. announces the release of English version of DS ANATOMY Head & Neck musculoskeletal anatomical application for iPad. The original application was released in May, 2012 for the Japanese market, and there were huge requests for the English version of this product from the global market since then. The English version is now downloadable from the Apple App Store from Sep. 12, 2012.

This app is very user friendly and it is sure that a user can be impressed with the reality of 3D models. A user can view the musculoskeletal systems in detail by zooming, hiding and rotating the realistic 3D models. And each musculoskeletal system has not only the explanation of features and action, but also the detailed pictures which help understanding. This app provides two contents of < Head and Neck Musculoskeletal system Anatomical model > and < Basic Knowledge of Myology > . Medical care beginner also can understand the basic knowledge of Myology.

View the single system at any angle even if it is overlapped. (Medical illustrations on the text cannot be viewed) Model the CG obtained from the CT scanned data of the real skull. Develop the accurate 3D models of bone, muscle, ligament, joint, membrane, salivary gland, endocrine, amygdala in detail by observing the actual donor body at the university. URL:http://ds-anatomy.com/eng/

This app can display the full model of head and neck anatomical structures and the muscles. A user can view the model at any angle as he likes. The all structures are displayed in full color. A user can switch the model in full view and in a single structure view, thus easily understand the accurate positional relationship of the structure.

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Grey's star in trouble for posting spoiler

Patrick Dempsey has confirmed reports suggesting he was reprimanded by Grey's Anatomy bosses after giving away plot secrets by posting a photo of a castmate online.

The actor admits he wasn't thinking about the impact of what he was doing when he tweeted shots of Eric Dane on the set of the medical drama.

Dane's character, Mark Sloane, was left for dead at the end of the last season of the medical drama.

In a pre-taped interview with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, Dempsey explains, "I tweeted some pictures of this season and they were like a spoiler alert. All of the sudden I got all these phone calls from (the network) ABC, like, 'You have to take this picture down!'"

"I was just enthusiastic: 'This is a great image, I should shoot this.'"

But the damage was already done before Dempsey removed the shot of Dane: "Now we know he survives and comes back and he was just napping in between takes."

But Dane is planning an exit from the show - earlier this summer, the actor announced the upcoming ninth season of the show will be his last.

The new season of Grey's Anatomy is set to debut in the US later this month.

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Patrick Dempsey in trouble for Grey's Anatomy spoiler alert

Patrick Dempsey has confirmed reports suggesting he was reprimanded by Greys Anatomy bosses after giving away plot secrets by posting a photo of a cast-mate online.

The actor admits he wasn't thinking about the impact of what he was doing when he tweeted shots of Eric Dane on the set.

Dane's character, Mark Sloane, was left for dead at the end of the last season of the medical drama.

In a pre-taped interview with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, which will air this week, Dempsey explains, "I tweeted some pictures of this season and they were like a spoiler alert. All of the sudden I got all these phone calls from (the network) ABC, like, 'You have to take this picture down!'

"I was just enthusiastic: 'This is a great image, I should shoot this.'"

But the damage was already done before Dempsey removed the shot of Dane: "Now we know he survives and comes back and he was just napping in between takes."

But Dane is planning an exit from the show - earlier this summer, the actor announced the upcoming ninth season of the show will be his last. The new season of Grey's Anatomy is set to debut in the US later this month.

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The OBJECTIFICATION of Female Surface Anatomy

Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice Becker, Wilson, Gehweiler pin up girl anatomy OBJECTIFY THIS Street Anatomy exhibition
The Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice will be on view at the OBJECTIFY THIS opening Friday, Sept. 7th in Chicago

Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice p528 Becker, Wilson, Gehweiler pin up girl anatomy OBJECTIFY THIS Street Anatomy exhibition

Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice p192 Becker, Wilson, Gehweiler pin up girl anatomy OBJECTIFY THIS Street Anatomy exhibition

Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice p132 Becker, Wilson, Gehweiler pin up girl anatomy OBJECTIFY THIS Street Anatomy exhibition

In researching the use of female anatomy in medical textbooks for our upcoming OBJECTIFY THIS: Female Anatomy Dissected and Displayed exhibition, I came across The Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice, and could not believe what I saw.  I’ll give you a little background…

In 1971, at a time when anatomy hours were being drastically cut, a trio of Duke professors set out to write an anatomy textbook that was different from the rest.  One of the professors, Dr. R. Fredrick Becker had an affinity for hanging female Playboy centerfolds up in his office to teach surface anatomy.  This would inspire one of the most unique and somewhat scandalous anatomy textbook of our time.

The professors, Becker, James S. W. Wilson, and John A. Gehweiler, set out to write a textbook in an “easy-going, literary style so that any student could read ahead on his own without difficulty.” Furthermore, they go on to state their inspiration to use seductive female nudes to display surface anatomy,

“In our own student days we discovered that studying surface anatomy with a wife or girl friend proved to be not only instructive, but highly entertaining. Since the majority of medical students still tend to be males, we have liberalized this text by making use of the female form. But, more to the point, we have done so because a large portion of your future patients will be women and few texts have pointed out surface landmarks on the female.”

They were quite liberal in their use of female nudes of the pin-up girl variety as you can see in the images above.  And the “easy-going, literary style,” often lent itself to cheeky comments about women.  In the discussion about the effects of UV light on skin, the authors state, “the contrast between exposed and unexposed parts of the epidermis is quite stark when the bathing suit is removed.”

In the preface of the textbook, the authors justify their use of gorgeous females to show surface anatomy,

“Perhaps we should have included photographs of garden-variety, American males and females who have let their physiques go to pot.  Instead, we used female models as model females.  The student will see the ordinary specimen every day.  Only on rare occasions will the attractive, well-turned specimen appear before him for consultation.  He should be prepared for this pleasant shock. For the growing ranks of female medics, we inlcuded the body beautiful of a robust, healthy male.  We are sorry that we cannot make available the addresses of the young ladies who grace our pages. Our wives burned our little address books at our last barbecue get-together.”

Needless to say, the book was eventually banned from publication at a time when the feminist movement was on everyone’s radar.  It has now become a bit of a collectors item and many university libraries have listed it as “missing” from their collection.  I know because I tried borrowing a copy with absolutely no luck.  Thankfully a Street Anatomy fan reached out and allowed us to borrow the book for our exhibition!

Feminism aside, I do have to say that after going through the book myself, it is rather fun and entertaining.  The writing style is conversational and the “pin-up girl” photographs make learning surface anatomy quite engaging.  The women in the photographs are not the stick thin models that we are used to seeing today, but curvy healthy women that happen to be in very feminine and oftentimes seductive poses.  While not everyone will agree with me, I do applaud the authors for trying to create a different experience in anatomy education and overall for having fun with it.

Is it objectification of women or is it simply appreciation of the beauty that is the female form?  You can decide by seeing the book in person at the OBJECTIFY THIS exhibition opening this Friday September 7th at Design Cloud Gallery in Chicago!

 

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OBJECTIFY THIS Female Anatomy Dissected and Displayed September 7-29 Design Cloud Gallery Chicago curated by Vanessa Ruiz, Street Anatomy

 

To read more about the Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice, view the journal article “The pornographic anatomy book? The curious tale of the Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice.” [Halperin EC. The pornographic anatomy book? The curious tale of the AnatomicalBasis of Medical Practice. Acad Med. 2009 Feb;84(2):278-83. PubMed PMID:19174685.]

 

[A huge thank you to Charlotte W. for lending the textbook for the OBJECTIFY THIS exhibition!]

 

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