When he wasn't busy doing motion studies or anatomical photos, Albert Londe would sometimes make instructional images for medical research and training. These ranged from the relatively benign to the gruesome. Mr. Josselin of Le Havre (above) is from the former category, showing slight atrophication of his lower right leg. Others are hard to look at, but served a worthy purpose.
The comment also mentions the man has sugar in his urine ( questionable diabetes) and the atrophy is of the gastrocnemius muscle. Type II diabetes causes muscle atrophy, but it's odd that it is only seen in one leg
ReplyDeleteI hadn't noticed the diabetic reference. Thanks.
DeleteI liked his anatomic detail
ReplyDeleteAll for science.
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