more random tattoo/anatomy links

http://www.1800autopsy.com/home.html?Id=216
"These are just a few reasons why I'm in business," says Herrera, who has his phone number, 1-800-AUTOPSY, tattooed on his biceps. Part of Autopsy/Post Services, Inc.'s mission is to educate the public about the positive side of death, namely organ, tissue and body donations."

http://www.mariesena.com/about.htm She's a medical illustrator and tattoo artist!

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/14/australia.tattoo/
heirloom preserved tattoo

http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/sciencetattoo/ gallery of geeky science tattoos

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html scroll down for post on tattooed pigs

"In fact, both the methods and designs of irezumi remain largely unchanged from the early nineteenth century until the present day and where preserved skins with irezumi remain in Yokohama Tattoo Museum and in the Tokyo Medical School, they are virtually indistinguishable from modern day irezumi" http://www.bmezine.com/ritual/A10402/irezumi.html

In Japan the tradition of tattoo - Irezumi - is a serious folk art. A Japanese wearing the work of a grand master may donate his skin to a museum or university on his death. Tokyo University has 300 such masterpieces framed. To walk into this chamber of skins must fill one with such shock and wonder, 300 lives at full stretch. http://www.abc.net.au/arts/headspace/special/skindeep/default.htm

ha...perseverance pays off, an actual article about the Tokyo tattoos: http://www.benhills.com/articles/articles/JPN37a.html

http://flickr.com/photos/60446067@N00/1704002608/ another anatomical venus tattoo!
http://flickr.com/photos/segana/212121161/ preserved tattoo
http://flickr.com/photos/traficante/607375089/ real?
http://flickr.com/photos/sgtfun/60553597/in/set-1307942/ from Bodyworld exhibit

time

Oh good grief, I've just spent another morning sucked into the Internet. Have one more hour before I need to leave for work; I'm going to unplug myself and go do something else.

And do you think I'll ever get around to ever doing ANYTHING with all this research?