This is just a sort of a private sketchbook, a place for myself to collect, and share reasearch to a project,. It probably does not make much sence for anyone else. So please do noty try looking for one
I use and abuse blogspot as a tool for myself an colaborators for working on misc projects, hence the confusing and introvert character of these blogs. Sorry
A very rare c. 1870s antique craniometer and goniometer as designed by Dr. Paul Broca (1824-1880), the founder of modern neurosurgery and pioneer in the study of localized brain function.
Early phototherapy apparatus 4th Qtr 19th Century
d'Arsonval spiral helmet 4th Qtr 19th Century
Electric Phrenology Apparatus 4th qtr 19th century German
An illustration from Thomas Sewall's 1837 lectures on phrenology showing the use of the craniometer. Originally intended for the determination of personality, its use was eventually confined to the measurement of intelligence and assessment of "racial characteristics". (Academy of Medicine, Toronto)
Edouard Manet, The Absinthe Drinker 1859 L’Absinthe, by Edgar Degas.1876 Preparing absinthe the traditional way. Note, no burning. A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe next to an absinthe spoon
Over: how to tell the age of a particular bottle.One of the most important clues to the age of a bottle is the style of the lip. In the picture over are shown a number of lip styles common during the last century. From this page
Ai. I like this, but the sources vary on date on when it was invented (1889 or 1868)...
Vin Mariani(French: Mariani's wine) was a tonic created circa 1863 by Angelo Mariani, a chemist who became intrigued with coca and its economic potential after reading Paolo Mantegazza’s paper on coca's effects.ad from 1896 French Tonic WineCoca wine was a very popular tonic in the late nineteenthcentury. Its creators dropped hints of its aphrodisiacalproperties with varying degrees of subtlety.
(ad from 1894) Cocaine co-administered with alcohol, however, yields a potent psychoactive metabolite, cocaethylene.
Cocaethylene is very rewarding agent in its own right. Cocaethylene is formed in the liver by the replacement of the methyl ester of cocaine by the ethyl ester. It blocks the dopamine transporter and induces euphoria. Hence coca wine drinkers are effectively consuming three reinforcing drugs rather than one. even the pope drank it... In the 1800's, Pope Leo XIII's image was found on posters endorsing Vin Mariani, a sparkling red wine made with cocaine. Particularly fond of the drink's effervescence, he honored the wine with a gold medal.
stones to weigh down paper. Large papers, glasses, letterknives, egyptian sculptures. Lots of little bowls and boxes, morter, leatherbinder images from late in his career that might indicate how he would organize his workspace in 1884 Photo of Freud in his study in Vienna, 1937
The story goes that Freud's colleagues tried convincing him to leave Vienna due the escalating war in Europe.
A photographer offered to photograph Freud's office in Vienna and to set up his new office in London exactly as it was in Vienna. Freud agreed to flee Austria once he received assurances that every book, every figurine, every piece of furniture would be set up in exactly the same fashion.
behind his desk in his study, Vienna, Austria, 1930s. The office is filled with figurines and statuettes of various origin
and this video from the same period pans across his desk and walls
Max Pollak, Etching of Sigmund Freud at his Desk (1914). Courtesy The Freud Museum Freud’s desk at Maresfield Gardens, London. Photo Ivan Ward, courtesy The Freud Museum
Oh well, not really this. Just looking for dresssing examples Get Sias scan of later F on work table What kind of light sources?
Get 1 good sunday suit 2 pair of shoes? Jacket (sias) 2-3 shirts books: -Darwin -Medical -GREEK classical -The one special he has in his lap Walldressing
-Portrait of Martha1880
-Greek reprints - reprints of Greek insired contemporary art (Sias Ingres Oedipus)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.Oedipus and Sphinx. 1808.
A very rare c. 1870s antique craniometer and goniometer as designed by Dr. Paul Broca (1824-1880), the founder of modern neurosurgery and pioneer in the study of localized brain function.
Early phototherapy apparatus 4th Qtr 19th Century 
d'Arsonval spiral helmet
Electric Phrenology Apparatus
An illustration from Thomas Sewall's 1837 lectures on phrenology showing the use of the craniometer. Originally intended for the determination of personality, its use was eventually confined to the measurement of intelligence and assessment of "racial characteristics". (Academy of Medicine, Toronto)
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