Comments on: 19th century pregnancy anatomical models from Japan, http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bugs http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-490030 Bugs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490030 The Wellcome Collection in London (just acoss the road from Euston rail/tube station) has a small collection of similar teaching aids. The display includes some small ceramic dolls just like this one (although I think at least one of them is Italian, not Japanese) and ranges up to an almost-lifesize wood and fabric abdomen complete with baby, placenta, umbilical cord and membrane. It's a museum of medical... stuff ... ancient and modern. My favourite bits are Darwin's walking stick, a genuine shrunken head and a printed and bound copy of the human genome sequence. The sequence is split between enough densely-packed volumes that it takes up a whole wall. It's a pretty awe-inspiring sight that really drives home how much information is packed into all of our cells. Well worth calling in (for free, of course) if you're ever at that end of London with an hour or two to spare. The Wellcome Collection in London (just acoss the road from Euston rail/tube station) has a small collection of similar teaching aids. The display includes some small ceramic dolls just like this one (although I think at least one of them is Italian, not Japanese) and ranges up to an almost-lifesize wood and fabric abdomen complete with baby, placenta, umbilical cord and membrane.

It’s a museum of medical… stuff … ancient and modern. My favourite bits are Darwin’s walking stick, a genuine shrunken head and a printed and bound copy of the human genome sequence. The sequence is split between enough densely-packed volumes that it takes up a whole wall. It’s a pretty awe-inspiring sight that really drives home how much information is packed into all of our cells.

Well worth calling in (for free, of course) if you’re ever at that end of London with an hour or two to spare.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-490603 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490603 The ability to remove their pelvis must make chilbirth much easier for Japanese women... The ability to remove their pelvis must make chilbirth much easier for Japanese women…

]]> By: Noah Lieske http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-490609 Noah Lieske Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490609 It'd be interesting to compare similar dolls from other places to find out which one is the most realistic. Noah Lieske It’d be interesting to compare similar dolls from other places to find out which one is the most realistic. Noah Lieske

]]> By: TheBlessedBlogger http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489866 TheBlessedBlogger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489866 It does seem a little morbid but at the same time it would be an awesome teaching tool and the detail (check out the pictures at Pink Tentacle) is just amazing. I can't even imagine the kind of skill that would require. If they were available I'd buy one. It does seem a little morbid but at the same time it would be an awesome teaching tool and the detail (check out the pictures at Pink Tentacle) is just amazing. I can’t even imagine the kind of skill that would require. If they were available I’d buy one.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-490666 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490666 RedShirt @ 4 I presume that the screaming and crying, blood and amniotic spillage aren't conducive to an academic environment. Field trips come later :) RedShirt @ 4

I presume that the screaming and crying, blood and amniotic spillage aren’t conducive to an academic environment.

Field trips come later :)

]]> By: vamidus http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489922 vamidus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489922 Btw. Gotta love them O-shaped laggs. :) Btw.

Gotta love them O-shaped laggs.

:)

]]> By: holyalmost http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489937 holyalmost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489937 This makes me wonder what happened when 19th century Japanese women came to the realization that the serene expression on the face of these dolls did not reflect the actual nature of childbirth. I'm thankful for that we 21st century women have that Baby Story program. No surprises for us. This makes me wonder what happened when 19th century Japanese women came to the realization that the serene expression on the face of these dolls did not reflect the actual nature of childbirth. I’m thankful for that we 21st century women have that Baby Story program. No surprises for us.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489947 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489947 No breech birth head/ass? I guess my curiosity is that in a country as populace as China. Why do you need a model? Aren't there women dropping babies all over the place that students can watch? No breech birth head/ass?

I guess my curiosity is that in a country as populace as China. Why do you need a model? Aren’t there women dropping babies all over the place that students can watch?

]]> By: Yamara http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489977 Yamara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489977 Have the Japanese ever not built robots? Have the Japanese ever not built robots?

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/19th-century-pregnan.html#comment-489983 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489983 I meant Japan obviously I meant Japan obviously

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