February 2012
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“When I am dead and in my grave,
And all my bones are rotten,
When this you...”
– Gertrude Stein
January 2012
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Life and Death in 17th Century London →
A new exhibition at the Royal Society in London features some of the most remarkable treasures from 350 years of book collecting, including a rare volume that looks at causes of death in 17th century London.
The exhibition includes John Graunt’s 1679 work Natural and Political Observations…upon the Bills of Mortality, which provides this unique insight. Entries in the fold-out tables of mortality...
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The Unclaimed Dead: Medical Examiners post photos... →
The corpses’ faces are mostly bloated, their skin pale and discolored. One man’s lips are stiffened into a grim frown and he stares with half-open eyes. Another man appears to be sleeping, his color natural enough that he almost looks alive.
Forensic investigator Michael Simley knows some people will find the photographs unsettling, but he said he decided to post them online for an important...
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“One of the minor mysteries which does still persist over the Black Death is the genesis of its name. The traditional belief is that it was so called because the putrefying flesh of the victims blackened in the final hours death supervened.”
—-The Black Death by Philip Ziegler
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“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free...”
– Martin Heidegger
December 2011
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“Staring at a skull is like looking at ones own face. Eventually all of our faces...”
– euphoriaofputriddespoilment
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“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in...”
– Susan Sontag
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10 Signs Death is Near →
No one can predict the moment of death. But physicians and nurses involved in end-of-life care know that certain symptoms are usually associated with the body’s shutting down. These signs of approaching death are specific to the natural dying process.
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