Posts Tagged ‘liver disease’
Posted: Monday, August 31st, 2009
Speaking of cool customers, we’d like especially to shout out one of our favorites, Susan Diamond, who is an assistant professor of surgical technology at Austin Community College in Texas. She teaches the next generation of operating room champs a section on hepatobiliary tech, so she occasionally gets bulk gallbladder, liver and pancreas stickers from us to use as classroom treats for her students. Most recently she taught a section on plastic surgery and got some mammary gland stickers (her students are brandishing the boobs, above), plus some sweat and sebaceous gland pins, and she sent me these great photos of the glands in action. Anyway, if you live in Austin and want to be a surgical tech, you should take her class!
Tags: best surgical tech college, bile duct cancer, bile duct diseas, bile duct obstruction, bile ducts, liver disease, liver enzymes, registered nurse, surgical assistant, surgical nurse, surgical tech salary, surgical tech training, surgical technologist
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Posted: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Well, this is fun — Urban Outfitters has added a few guts to their online collectibles depot. Looks like the marketing department had some fun with the text for the heart: “He’ll really take a beating for ya. Somehow adorable anatomical heart plush with an included little fun-fact-filled tag. Get PUMPED!” and the lung: “Take a deep breath and contemplate the cuteness of this plush set of lungs,” and the liver, too: “Intoxicating little liver likes to keep it clean.” (Wow, the liver is sold out! What’d they do, bundle it with a free bottle of Jack Daniels?) If you already own one of these plush guts and care to write a review (if you happen have to have an UO account), I’ll be your best friend. Also awesome — it seems they also bought stuff from two other California plush scenesters — Lauren of Sweet Meats and Kerry and Darth of Evil Ice Cream. Woo hoo!
Tags: anatomically correct plush, anatomy, heart disease, hepatologist gift, liver detox, liver disease, love, nurse gift, plush heart, plush lung, valentines gift
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Talk about loving guts, the ancient Etruscans hearted organs so much they read animal organs as a fortune teller might read a crystal ball. The practice of studying the guts of sacrificed animals, called haruspicy, was practiced by ancient Babylonians and later Romans (that’s a bronzed sheep’s liver, pictured, known as the Liver of Piacenza, it is on display at the Municipal Museum of Piacenza). Before humans understood the circulation system, the liver was thought to be the body’s most important organ, being as it is the biggest, heaviest and baddest of them all. The haruspex would read the guts — usually the liver, sometimes the lungs, too – of the sacrificial animal and tell all about lightning, flooding, bad omens, etc. As you can imagine, it was probably about as accurate as crystal balls.
Tags: ancient Rome, babylon, extispicy, hepatomancy, hepatoscopy, liver augur, liver cleansing, liver disease, liver function
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Our guts need to make friends with The Body Revolution, the only organized organs on the internet! Meet the Mighty Liver Leader or play the Super-Mario-esque body battle game with the War-Torn Heart — it’s a real brain teaser. They’ve got some cute webisodes about the dangers of binge drinking, but of course, the liver pretty much ignores all that. Hilarious.
Tags: bladder, brain, brain games, brain teasers, eyeballs, heart, heart attack, heart attack symptoms, liver, liver cleanse, liver disease, liver enzymes, liver toxins, stomach
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