One of my all time favorite blogs, Bioephemera, dug up this little treat. The Surgical Suture Sampler.

Though surgery is still a harrowing experience, I’m certainly thankful for the advancements we’ve made since the creation of this sampler.

The likeness to a craft tutorial is mildly unnerving. Perhaps the surgical patients of yesteryear left the hospital resembling colorful decorative quilts.