Scanning Around With Gene: A Pre-Computer Lesson in Anatomy I
went to a new dentist the other day and was blown away by the
technology they had in the office. My old dentist was a bit of a
traditionalist and had a minimum of fancy new gadgets. He did
his best to explain things, but short of drawing on a slip of
paper, he really had no way to actually show me what the
problems were. Not so with the new dentist. In addition to a
full set of digital X-rays that showed up instantly on a large
screen (which I could see), my new dentist took digital
photographs of all the problem teeth and then blew them up on
the screen for me to see – showing me every crack, rough spot
and imperfection. It was all very impressive. That got me to
thinking about a couple of anatomical rubber stamp catalogs I
had in my archives, so I dug them out and decided to share them
today. These were used by doctors, students and anyone else who
needed to illustrate a problem with the body. Simply stamp the
appropriate body part on the patient