====== Resources - Medicine, Human Body, Violence, and Death ====== ==== The Human Body/Medicine ==== //Body Basics\\ // * [[http://cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html|Photographic Height/Weight Chart]]: Excellent for those times when you wonder what a 150-lb., 5'10" man or woman might look like. * [[http://ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/athletic-body-diversity-reference-for-artists/|Athletic Body Diversity - Reference for Artists]] * [[http://cedarseed.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-Addendum-33097648|The Guide to Human Types]]: Visual reference for skin color, hair color, eye color, etc. [Huh, this now appears to be a $17 e-book, but it’s pretty useful.] * [[http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/genefr2.html|Eye color calculator]] based on genetics //Practice of Medicine - General\\ // * [[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp|Medical Dictionary]] * [[http://www.politedissent.com|Polite Dissent]]. “Geeky physician does reviews of the medicine in shows like //House// and //Fringe//, tries to make sense of comic book science, and lots of on-going jokes about pop culture medicine stuff like misused head mirrors, CPR, and psychic nosebleeds.” * [[http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009176.html|Jim Macdonald's medical posts on Making Light]] * [[http://www.primary-surgery.org/start.html|Primary Surgery Online.]] “It was created to supply doctors with basic surgical knowledge to cope with all surgical symptoms, even far away from referral centers.” //Injuries\\ // * [[http://www.rhymer.org.uk/medical/injuries.htm|Injuries]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/93175.html?thread=452423159#cmt452423159|Your Guide to Fictional Injuries]] (FFA thread) * [[http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~leiafee/ramblings/realistic_injuries.htm|Writing realistic injuries]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/121274.html?thread=622337722#cmt622337722|Hearing loss via blunt trauma]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/183893.html?thread=1000788821#cmt1000788821|Corporal punishment]] (FFA thread) * [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2008/11/how_many_lashes_can_one_man_take.html|How many lashes can one person take?]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/124406.html?thread=639889910#cmt639889910|What’s a really mundane way for someone to lose an eye?”]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/134814.html?thread=703891870#cmt703891870|What the aftermath of a carbombing might look or smell like]] (FFA thread; **Trigger warning: Gore**) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/138862.html?thread=730398574#cmt730398574|Torture]] (FFA thread; **Trigger warning**) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/150744.html?thread=800628696#cmt800628696|Torture restraints]] (FFA thread; **Trigger warning**) * [[http://martial-arts.wonderhowto.com/how-to/do-sleeper-hold-without-damaging-throat-212043/|Choking someone unconscious without killing or seriously harming them]] (also see [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/153322.html?thread=816549098#cmt816549098|FFA thread]]) //Illness/Infection\\ // * [[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/179077.html?thread=974762885#cmt974762885|Migraines]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/185478.html?thread=1009663878#cmt1009663878|Low blood sugar]] (FFA thread) * [[http://little-details.livejournal.com/2082087.html|Amnesia links]] * [[http://www.tucsonsamaritans.org/desert-medicine.html|Heat stroke]] * [[http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/As-Freezing-Persons-Recollect-the-Snow--First-Chill--Then-Stupor--Then-the-Letting-Go.html?page=all|Hypothermia]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181914.html?thread=988200858#cmt988200858|Possible hypothermia]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184397.html?thread=1003315789#cmt1003315789|Hospital use of fluids for prolonged infection due to injury]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184201.html?thread=1001225865#cmt1001225865|Unclean wound dressings and infection]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180960.html?thread=981941728#cmt981941728|Fictional parasites]] (FFA thread) * [[http://www.waiting.com/rancholosamigos.html|Rancho Los Amigos Coma Scale]] ("more commonly used by rehab therapists than the Glasgow Coma Scale") * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/59827.html?thread=279447987#t279447987|Complications of assbaby delivery in mpreg]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/113304.html?thread=574951320#cmt574951320|“How long would it take for someone to die of TB/consumption?”]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/148913.html?thread=789261745#cmt789261745|“If you vomit while drunk, do you remain drunk?”]] (FFA thread) //History of Medicine\\ // * Kirkup, John R. [[http://books.google.com/books?id=eg_SpXBf4eIC&dq=ancient+medical+instruments+auscultation&source=gbs_navlinks_s|//The Evolution of Surgical Instruments: An Illustrated History from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century//]] * Prioreschi, Plinio. [[http://books.google.com/books?id=H3ZaIYAaOSQC&dq=quintus+physician+galen&source=gbs_navlinks_s|//A History of Medicine: Roman Medicine//]] * Young, James Harvey, Ph.D. //The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation.// [[http://www.quackwatch.com/13Hx/TM/00.html|Available for free at Quackwatch.]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/114238.html?thread=581396030#cmt581396030|Historical burn treatment]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/183893.html?thread=999665749#cmt999665749|Historical ways to deal with a missing eye]] (FFA thread) * [[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.275.6935&rep=rep1&type=pdf|Three pregnancies in Iron Age Ireland]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/154362.html?thread=822604282#cmt822604282|Medieval surgeons and hygiene]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/148471.html?thread=786344951#cmt786344951|Wound healing in fantasy settings]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/147334.html?thread=780458118#cmt780458118|Castration and amputation in history]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/173648.html?thread=940873808#cmt940873808|Treating stab wounds in mid-19th-c. Western Europe]] (FFA thread) ==== Violence ==== //Writing Fight Scenes in General// * [[http://writeworld.org/FightScene|Resources for writing fight scenes]] by WriteWorld.org * [[http://www.wattpad.com/3596338-yuffie's-writing-how-to's-how-to-write-physical|“How to write physical fights”]] by Yuffie * [[http://www.storyhack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/howtowriteafightscene.pdf|“How to Write a Fight Scene”]] by Randy Ingermanson (24-pg. PDF) * [[http://www.squidge.org/~peja/writingtips/WritingActionScenes.htm|“Writing Action Scenes”]] * [[http://gregorymarkhenry.com/blog/general-writing/2011/11/06/writing-the-fight-scene/|“Writing the fight scene”]] by Gregory Mark Henry * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/40034.html?thread=181730658#t181730658|How to disarm a person while inflicting injury on them]] (FFA thread) * [[http://kisawhipkey.com/2013/08/09/how-to-write-martial-arts-fight-scenes/|“How to Write Martial Arts Fight Scenes”]] by Kisa Whipkey * [[http://www.mockwriting.com/Library/WritingCombat.htm|“Writing Combat”]] by Michael Mock * [[http://www.comicvine.com/forums/fan-fic-8/writing-fight-scenes-fan-fic-685520/|“Writing fight scenes for fanfic”]] by by xxYoungFatexx, Comic Vine * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/148913.html?thread=789269937#cmt789269937|Teaching small, non-physical character how to fight]] (FFA thread) * Quinn, Peyton. [[http://www.amazon.com/Bouncers-Guide-Barroom-Brawling-Streetfighter/dp/0873645863|//Bouncer's Guide to Barroom Brawling: Dealing with the Sucker Puncher, Streetfighter, and Ambusher.//]] 1990. Recommended by a nonny. * [[http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/violence-is-currency-a-pacifists-guide-to-prison-weapo-1643807529|“Violence Is Currency: A Pacifist Ex-Con's Guide To Prison Weaponry”]] by Daniel Genis //Swords, Knives, and Other Blades// * [[http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/393683/a-brief-visual-history-of-weapons/|A brief visual history of weapons]] * The Arma: [[http://www.thearma.org/SwordForms.html|The Spathology of Medieval and Renaissance Sword Forms]]; [[http://www.thearma.org/essays.htm|Essays - Swords and Swordsmanship]] * [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/14da056c3dabc6f6241a7d047292cc66/tumblr_mfnpyfIrpJ1rofulao1_1280.jpg|Development outline of medieval sword forms, c. 500-1500 CE]] (from above link) * [[http://www.trueswords.com/sword_care_maintenance.php|Sword Care]] * [[http://coelasquid.tumblr.com/post/46713472735/a-summary-of-how-people-die-and-dont-in-swordfights|A summary of how people die (and don’t) in swordfights]] * [[http://whiskey-wolf.tumblr.com/post/51027798756/the-fairbairn-sykes-fighting-knife-is-a|Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife]] * [[http://discussion.theguardian.com/comment-permalink/51307815|Dagger-fighting styles, 16th-c. Europe]] (see comment from "A_Scot_in_Texas" left at 30 Apr 2015 14:10) * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibGyGG3X4PI|Simulated, realistic knife attack]] * [[http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Knife-in-a-Combative-Situation|How to Use a Knife in a Combative Situation: 15 Steps]] (WikiHow) — **HOWEVER**, also see [[http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/knifelies.html|“Knife Lies”]] by Marc “Animal” MacYoung & Diana Gordon MacYoung * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180151.html?thread=990217655#cmt990217655|Tachi swords]] (FFA thread) //Firearms// **S.L. Huang's "Gun Basics for Writers" series:** * [[http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2012/08/28/gun-basics-for-writers-the-three-rules-of-gun-safety/|The Three Rules of Gun Safety]] * [[http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2012/09/05/gun-basics-for-writers-types-of-firearms-basic-civilian-small-arms-part-1-of-2-handguns/|Basic Civilian Small Arms, Part 1 of 2: Handguns]] * [[http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2012/09/14/gun-basics-for-writers-types-of-firearms-basic-civilian-small-arms-part-2-of-2-long-guns/|Basic Civilian Small Arms, Part 2 of 2: Long Guns]] * [[http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2012/11/25/gun-basics-for-writers-modern-ammunition-basics-part-1-of-2/|Modern Ammunition Basics, Part 1 of 2]] * [[http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2013/05/19/gun-basics-for-writers-modern-ammunition-basics-part-2-of-2-caliber-and-gauge/|Modern Ammunition Basics, Part 2 of 2: Caliber and Gauge]] [[http://www.theboxotruth.com/|The Box o' Truth]]: Testing the penetration of various rounds of ammunition. [[http://chn-breathmint.livejournal.com/482045.html|chn_breathmint's Guide to Writing Firearms]] [[http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm|Modern Firearms and Ammunition]] [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page|Internet Movie Firearms Database]]: Info on all the guns used in movies and TV shows [[http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/gun_shot_wounds|Gun Shot Wounds]]: Medical info. [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/154661.html?thread=825843493#cmt825843493|Nonfatal bullet wounds]] (FFA thread) [[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/179440.html?thread=976731120#cmt976731120|Smuggling guns into Japan]] (FFA thread) //Military// * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/120901.html?thread=621127749#cmt621127749|Writing a siege]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/124492.html?thread=641179212#cmt641179212|Contents of a military depot]] (FFA thread) * [[https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-213.pdf|U.S. Army manual on using pack animals]] ==== Death and Forensics ==== //How to Kill Your Characters// * [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/human-body-limits-survival_n_1773167.html|What will kill a human being in various given situations]] * [[http://doctorgrasshopper.wordpress.com/|How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends]] — written by a doctor. [[http://doctorgrasshopper.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/if-you-shock-a-flatline-i-swear-i-will-come-to-your-home-and-beat-you-with-a-wet-chicken/|An especially good post on cardiac arrest.]] * //“[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/133791.html?thread=697534623#cmt697534623|I need a poison]] that can be ingested orally, be flavourless, and which kills in a few minutes. If the symptoms are dizziness and nausea, so much the better. Help?”// * //[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/140390.html?thread=738874982#cmt738874982|“What's a good way to kill someone relatively quickly and easily?”]]// * [[http://blog.granneman.com/2008/12/08/how-it-feels-to-drown-get-decapitated-get-electrocuted-and-more/|How it feels to drown, be decapitated, be electrocuted, etc.]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/185478.html?thread=1009239686#cmt1009239686|Being shot dead while having sex]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184201.html?thread=1001221513#cmt1001221513|Death by thrown object]] (FFA thread) //Forensics// * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/140390.html?thread=738874982#cmt738874982|]][[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/lead1900_98.pdf|Leading Causes of Death in the U.S., 1900-1998]] * [[http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/|The Writer's Forensics Blog]] * [[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FORIDX.html|Forensic Pathology Index]] * [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anil-Aggrawals-Internet-Journal-of-Forensic-Medicine-and-Toxicology/103106466396556?sk=wall|Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine]] **(Trigger warning: Graphic images)** * [[http://www.suite101.com/forensicscience|Suite 101: Forensic Science]] * [[http://australianmuseum.net.au/Stages-of-Decomposition|Stages of Decomposition]] (of a pig that died of natural causes) * [[http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/chemistry/news-afterlife-human-corpse-stages-decomposition?image=0|Stages of Human Corpse Decomposition]] * [[http://www.memorialpages.co.uk/articles/decomposition.php|What happens to a human body after death]] * [[http://shs2.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm#height|Determining corpse height from skeleton analysis]] * [[http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com|Mystery Writing is Murder]] * [[http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress|Lee Lofland: The Graveyard Shift]] * [[http://wellcomecollection.org/node/2433|Wellcome Collection: Forensics exhibit]] {{tag>todo threads threads:research}}