A really great collection of scanned images from historical atlases on anatomy may be viewed at NLM’s site. My favorite atlas is Adriaan van Spiegel and Giulio Casseri’s De humani corporis fabrica libri decem, where the figures are dissected and yet maintain classical sculptural poses.
i saw the “paxilback” video (parody of justin timberlake’s “sexyback”) a couple weeks back and just watched it again; still hilarious.
lyric snip: i’m bringing paxil back. generic brands just don’t know how to act. i popped a couple with a water back. bottomless coffee and a half a pack.
Well! I just finished reading through a blog post by Dean Giustini that proposes using a wiki to create an open pharmacy tool that could be used at the point of care instead of UpToDate or other commercial products that are crazy expensive and/or may have licensing restrictions that make them less useful than they could be. The idea of beginning a community-developed tool like this is a neat idea, however, it makes me wonder about its potential authoritativeness. Would physicians use a tool like this? If I were a patient, would I want my doctor using a wiki to make decisions about my care?
It looks like people are ready to talk about the idea of such a tool, anyway. Stuart Brower will be conducting a forum on the topic in Buffalo. I’ll be following these discussions with interest!
