Comments on: Amazing Archive of US Army Medical Illustrations and Photos Now Free Online

By: New Hampshire

New Hampshire — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:41:53 +0000

Pretty wild stuff. Thank God for modern medicine.

By: opony szczecin

opony szczecin — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:04:01 +0000

finger on his face…good job

By: kathy newman

kathy newman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:23:48 +0000

Hi Becca: I’m doing my own online procrastinating tonight and I came across your culture dish. I’ve written about the medical photograph archive that contains that amazing photo of the young man with the bad foot. Here’s the reference, FYI. I’m looking forward to your book being out! Your dogs are cute! Newman, Kathy. “Wounds and Wounding in the American Civil War: A Visual History,” Yale
Journal of Criticism 6 (1992): 63-86

By: Neuro-conservative

Neuro-conservative — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:01:02 +0000

Why do you find the idea of educating soldiers about STDs to be hilarious? Does it amuse you to think of a 19-year old American GI surviving the Battle of Reims only to contract deadly syphilis in Paris? Do you think it is funny to educate Africans (or Americans, for that matter) about HIV/AIDS? Honestly, I don’t get where you’re coming from.

By: Art

Art — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:35:28 +0000

Thanks.

By: Paul Sampson

Paul Sampson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:23:21 +0000

Rebecca, thanks for this. I’m a reformed medical writer (JAMA in the 1970s) married to a medical illustrator/photographer, so this archive is more than a curiosity, it’s a treasurehouse. One nit I’ll pick with you: the VD illustrations may seem funny now, but pre-penicillin, they were, in the realest way, deadly serious.