Claire has been poisoned! Learn more tomorrow in Anatomy Lesson #46, Splendid Stomach – Wobbly Wame!
A deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
Fun Fact: nasolabial fold
Anatomy def: Skin folds extending from each side of nose to each corner of mouth, separating cheeks from upper lip. Also known as smile or laugh lines.
Outlander def: Angular creases of Colum’s facial skin, marked by age and suffering.
Learn about nasolabial folds in Anatomy Lesson #11, “Jamie’s Face” or “Ye do it Face to Face?”
Read about Colum’s nasolabial folds, deep creases from nose to lips, in Dragonfly in Amber book. Pain from his debilitating condition has deepened these folds.
A smile twitched the fine-cut lips. He had the bold beauty of his brother Dougal, ruined as it was, and when he lifted the veil of detachment from his eyes, the power of the man overshone the wreck of his body.
…He stretched and shifted his position, easing his bones on the lichened stone bench. His lips were pressed tight, by habit, against any exclamation of discomfort, and I could see what had made those deep creases between nose and mouth.
See Colum’s nasolabial fold (red arrow) in Starz episode 212, The Hail Mary. Dinna mistake the lank strand of hair across his face as his right skin fold. This puir chieftain feels too far ill for careful grooming! Fare thee well, Colum, ye were a formidable laird!
A deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
Fun Fact: incision
Anatomy Def: Cut, opening, or slit in skin or flesh.
Outlander Def: Horrific wound in Rupert’s belly wall delivered by a sharp, sweeping redcoat blade at the Battle of Prestonpans!
Learn about incision wounds in Anatomy Lesson #35, Outlander Owies! – Part One. Learn the differences between incision wounds and lacerations!
Read about Jamie’s incision wound in Dragonfly in Amber book. Why Jamie? Because Rupert doesna suffer an incision wound in Diana’s books, so Jamie must do:
Leaving my head injury to mind himself for a moment, I stepped forward and opened the shirt, pulling it gently away from the injured side. Despite the quantity of blood, I knew it must not be a serious wound; he stood like a rock, and the blood no longer flowed. It was a saber-slash, slanting across the ribs. A lucky angle; straight in and it would have gone deep into the intercostal muscles between the ribs. As it was, an eight-inch flap of skin gaped loose, red beginning to ooze beneath it again with the release of pressure. It would take a goodly number of stitches to repair, but aside from the constant danger of infection, the wound was in no way serious.
See Rupert’s wound and watch Claire close it using a continuous, over and over surgical stitch in Starz episode 210, Prestonpans. Whew, many Highlanders are lucky that Claire went back through the stones!
A deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist