The Ilizarov Frame

Professor Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov was born in the Caucasus, in the Soviet Union in 1921. Although not formally trained as a surgeon, but being the only doctor in the area, he was regularly confronted with a wide variety of orthopaedic problems. It was during this time that, in the 1950s, he devised and developed his revolutionary method for treating fractures, deformities and other bone defects. This involved the use of a circular external fixator. During the next decade his research led him to the techniques of physeal distraction, corticotomy lengthening, bone transport and others.

Info and photos take from here: http://www.ilizarov.org.uk/content.htm

Children of War

Wat Phra Baht Nam Phu AIDS hospice in Lopburi, Thailand

Photography ~ Kibae Park

A monk prays in front a pile of bags of unclaimed ashes of people who died of AIDS at a Buddhist temple hospice in Lopburi, Thailand. Photography ~ Ira Chaplain

A man suffering from the devastating effects of AIDS at the temple hospice. Photography ~ Ira Chaplain

A pile of ashes of patients who died at the AIDS hospice in Thailand. Of the 33.4 million people worldwide who are living with HIV/AIDS, 5.9 million are in Asia and the Pacific ~ UN Photo/Kibae Park

This file photo taken on January 23, 2009 shows boxes of ashes with names displayed waiting to be claimed by their relatives at a shrine at the AIDS hospice on the grounds of the Wat Phra Baht Nam Phu Buddhist temple in Lop Buri

La Recoleta Cemetery

La Recoleta Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentins.