isa-ko

[isa-ko]

Napoleonic figures as pixel art (Batch 2/?)

Louis Nicolas Davout

Mikhail Kutuzov

Klemens von Metternich

Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult

[isa-ko]

I know this is not my usual post, but I need to speak up and defend my man Robert Liston.

Celebrated surgeon of early 19th century Britain who not only improved on surgical techniques (Liston knives are used for amputation to this day) but also performed one of the first operations using ether as an anesthetic and thus helped popularize its use.

Today however he's mostly remembered for outlandish incidents, which have little to none actual historical basis.

Every time I hear/read informational content that mentions him as the guy that killed three people during an operation (tm), I internally die a little.

There are no primary sources for the 300 % mortality incident. If such a thing truly did happen, it would certainly have been mentioned, at least by some medical journals at the time. The historian Dr. Michael Brown did a thorough deep-dive on the claim:

[..] account of an apocryphal operation in which his obsession with speed supposedly led to the deaths of the patient, an assistant, and a bystander are taken, virtually word for word, from a book written by the anaesthetist and Doctor in the House author Richard Gordon (1921 - 2017). This book, Great Medical Disasters (1983), which contains a brief three-page sketch of the man, is the source of much modern Liston folklore.

-Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1792-1912

In the few sources that are given for this 1983 book, there are no mentions of the 300% mortality operation. It appears that Gordon pulled the story out of his ass made it up or decided to write down an unsubstantiated claim he must have heard somewhere.

The sources that Gordon actually does mention in his book, which primarily talk of Liston's exaggerated showmanship (such him commanding the spectators to time him before an operation) were also written in the early 20th century. They appear to have been greatly exaggerated and do not seem to line up much with actual accounts of the time.

Now, I am not saying that Liston was a perfect man, far from it. But this idea that he was carelessly speedrunning surgeries and cutting people left and right is not really accurate

(If anyone's interested in learning more, here's the link to an interview with Dr. Michael Brown, where he goes a bit more in depth about the entire thing)

[isa-ko]

I know the reverse has already been made but studying for my microbiology final means remembering Treponema palladium by any means necessary

[isa-ko]

Napoléon III’s Imperial Trains 🚂

Emperor Napoléon III had a serious passion for railroads, seeing them as key to France's rapid modernization during the Industrial Revolution. When he crowned himself emperor in 1852, France had a modest 2,000 miles of track. But in just a few years, he dramatically expanded that to over 12,000 miles! Under Napoléon III's reign, even farmers could travel by train.

He achieved this by merging several smaller rail lines into six major companies, all centered around Paris. An each of these companies even provided the Emperor with his own dedicated train. The first imperial train arrived in 1855 from the Compagnie du Nord, followed by one in 1856 from the Compagnie Paris-Orléans, and a third in 1857 from the Compagnie de l'Est.

Train car of the imperial train of Napoleon III given by Compagnie du Nord c. 1855

Exterior:

Interesting enough this train car that Napoléon III and Empress Eugenie paraded alongside Queen Victoria. This same train car was still used during the third republic and this wagon was attached to Marshal Foch's train in 1917 and sent it in 1918 to fetch the Germans who were to sign the armistice.

If you know your history you know that the famous train car No. 2419 D, where Marshal Foch dictated the text of the armistice to the defeated Germans no longer exists, the train car that belonged to Napoléon III, still remains at the "Hameau du vin" station created by Georges Duboeuf.

The interior of Napoleon’s Ceremonial carriage of the imperial train used by Napoleon for his travels on the northern and bordering railway network. It was inaugurated for the official journey of Queen Victoria on the Boulogne-sur-Mer > Paris route on 18 August 1855.

A decorative shield on the Imperial train.

Train car of “aides-de-camp salon”, from 1856 at Mulhouse Train Museum Cité du Train.

Exterior:

These set of train-car belonged to the emperor's seven-train cars , decorated in deep red, ultramarine blue, and gilded bronze, had its first journey between Paris and Bayonne in June 1856. This personal imperial train was Commissioned by the Paris-Orléans company, it was built under the guidance of chief engineer Camille Polonceau, with its exquisite interior designed by the famous Viollet-le-Duc.

Interiors

A lounge car of Napoléon III

Interior of "aides-de-camp salon", It owes its interior design to Viollet-le-Duc.

A green velvet upholstered sofa, the color of Emperor Napoleon Ill, from the lounge car of the imperial train.

[isa-ko]

Very late but still thank you @suniibeastboi and @le4d-poisoning for the tag :)

Today I went swimming with my sibling and very brainrotted nephew but we love em😭

tag game!!

Do this picrew of yourself, and tell me one thing you did today!

I got to say hi to all my friends and catch up on stuff after not having my phone for a week :]

@mintymooshroom @onyxofc @pandagobrr @amethysttable @theembergazer @silverdragon889 @sylki221b-of-the-shire @saltinegam @sleepywillowo0o

[isa-ko]

Primadonna Soult Animatic

A complete satirical cesspool of history, myth, fandom, and possibly Marshal Soult.

I feel bad to bother by tagging, but just a quick thanks to @josefavomjaaga and @cadmusfly simply for making their Soult posts bc that’s where I got a very good chunk of inspiration & info to make this silly thing

[isa-ko]

HELLO AGAIN no i did not forget XD apologies this week was a rollercoster of sorts BUT I’m posting the Primadonna Soult animatic TOMORROW! Time to finally put this project to its end

[isa-ko]

berthier in your style lives in my head rent free 🫶🫶🫶🫶

YOU INCLUDED HIS CURLS 🥹

Dawww that is sweet, thank you 😊 !

Tired man deserves to be drawn more honestly, have berthier with curls doodle XD

[isa-ko]

Ascaris

“Section of female Ascaris photographed with Nikon 1,40 Darkfield oil condenser. 200 magnification. The large circles filled with small green circles are the uterus and eggs. The long narrow feature is the digestive tract. The smaller red and orange circles are the ovaries and oviducts. The cluster of green and black blobs in the upper right and lower left are the nerve cords (ventral and dorsal). Surrounding the internal organs are the frilly green longitudinal muscles, the dark hypodermis, and the green outer cuticle.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[isa-ko]

Vintage engraving of baby Napoléon and his mother, Letizia Bonaparte (née Ramolino), in the room of his birth

Drawing By André Castaigne , engraved by M. Haider

[isa-ko]

Look at me painting Larrey again

I thought I'd dedicate him a more ambitious piece since he's one of my favorite historical characters and genuinely almost inspired me to become a doctor lol

[isa-ko]

The price of food, clothing and other stuff during the Consulate and the Empire

Source : forum des Grenadies à pied de la Garde du Consul

Food:

Coffee (per pound): 8 francs

Sugar (per pound): 5 to 6 francs

A piece of venison: 5 francs

Chocolate sweets (per pound): 2 francs

Six oranges: 1.50 francs

One eel: 1 franc

Meat from butcher's shop (per pound): 70 cents

Butter (per kilo): 2 francs

Meat (beef, veal or mutton, per kilo): 70 cents

Bacon (per kilo): 80 cents

Bread (1st quality, per kilo): 30 cents

Bread (2nd quality, per kilo): 19 cents

Bread (rye, per kilo): 11 cents 2/3

Cheese (decaliter): 2.85 francs

Rye (decaliter): 1.90 francs

Butter (per kilo): 1.60 to 2.20 francs (1807)

Cheese: 0.60 to 1.80 francs

Eggs (per dozen): 0.45 to 0.70 francs

Poultry: 0.20 to 0.40 francs (in 1800)

Rabbit: 1.25 francs

Hare: 2.40 francs

Salted sardines (per dozen): 0.80 franc

Herrings (dozen): 0.80 franc

Eel: 1 to 3 francs

Small fishes (per dozen): 0.30 franc

Pike: 2 to 4 francs

Walnut oil (per kilo): 2.40 francs

Sugar (per kilo): 4 francs

Beans (per decaliter): 3 francs (in 1814)

Prunes (per decaliter): 1.40 francs (in 1814)

Drinks:

Ordinary red or white wine (per bottle): 1.97 to 2.96 francs

Champagne and fine wines (per bottle): 3.06 to 6.91 francs

Extra-fine liqueur wines (per half-bottle): 7.90 to 9.87 francs

“La chenette” or migraine: 2.50 francs

White wines: 3 francs

Chambertin: 5 francs

Clos Vougeot: 6 francs

Fine white wines: 8 francs

Vin du Cap : 10 francs

Vermoutte: 10 francs

Extra-fine liqueur wines: 13 francs

Regular Beaune wine: 2 francs

Extra-fine red wines: 18 francs

Livestock :

Horse: 150 francs

Cow : 60 francs

Heifer : 40 francs

Mule : 360 francs

Lamb: 8 francs

Bullock: 400 to 600 francs

Cow: 250 francs

Pig: 100 francs

Calf: 70 francs

Ram: 50 francs

Clothes:

Men's shirt: 3.75 francs (in 1814)

Cotton stockings (per pair): 6 francs (in 1800)

Clogs (pair): 1.20 francs

Shoes (pair): 5 francs (in 1805)

Boots (pair): 18 francs (in 1801)

Pair of sheets: 30 francs

Shirt: 8 francs

One pair of stockings: 4.75 francs

Lighting and heating :

Lamp oil (per kilo): 2.31 francs

Candles (per kilo): 2.33 francs

Wood (per stere): 14 francs (in 1807)

Charcoal (per 100 kilograms): 10 francs (in 1814)

Entertainment:

Admission to the Tivoli (drinks plus show): 3 francs

Also at the Tivoli, a garden party: dances, entertainment, shows, fireworks: 2.20 francs

Hameau de Chantilly (concert, illuminations, games, dances): 1 to 1.50 francs, including 0.75 francs for consumption.

Also at the Hameau de Chantilly, large decadal festivities: 2 francs

French theater :

Lodges: 6.60 francs

Galleries: 1.80 francs

Mardi gras ball 1801 at the Opéra: 2 francs

Other items:

Tea towel: 1 franc (in 1814)

Tobacco (per kilo): 4 francs

Soap (per kilo): 1.70 francs

[isa-ko]

ALRIGHT introducing a few Napoleonic ocs from my 1789-1815 story. This is very old but Im trying to take out everything in my drafts bc it’s uh spring cleaning or smthg. Also each one is based off of a marshal in some way (either personality, looks, or plot-wise). Think of them as webtoon-ified marshals 💀

I put the marshal's name next to the oc's name

Napoleonic segment of story begins in 1806 at a border French town, where all these characters live at some point (except for the last two).

Also extra pic of St.Q bc he’s MY DESIGNATED FAVORITE BLORBO BRAINCHILD OF ALL STAR TIME 💫 💫 💫

[isa-ko]

Giardia lamblia aka Giardia duodenalis and Giardia intestinalis

Photo credit: CDC / Mahmud Tari (Public Domain)

[isa-ko]

some microscope life drawings - monogonontan rotifers, vorticella ciliates and diatoms.

[isa-ko]

Not art, but this is my first time ever looking at protists under my microscope so i am pretty happy about it

[isa-ko]