December 2011
129 posts
dedieu:
[At 6:15 PM.] The inhalation of exhaust gases is begun.
[After seven minutes.] My eyes and throat are slightly irritated. Put on a bathing towel. There are tremendous water drops on the door glass. The tank is full of gasoline.
[After eight-and-a-half minutes.] Slight shortness of breath. Ha-ha-ha. The powers of Nissan’s engines are great!
[After ten minutes] Swallowed a cup of sake....
Anonymous asked: Hi, this isn't a question, just a correction. Regarding the oil paintings of breast tumor patients posted December 5, they were painted between 1836-1855, not the 1930's. Lam Qua (1801-1860) was commissioned by the Rev. Peter Parker, M.D. to make portraits of patients at Parker's free hospital at Canton, est. 1835. (I was so moved the first time I came upon these images, that I...
