I'm addicted to the gruesome and beautiful photographs on Figure 1, an Instagram for doctors
Nick DeVito is a third-year resident at Tufts Medical Center working toward a career in hematology and oncology. During rotations, if he’s feeling bored, he likes to whip out his smartphone and browse through Figure 1, a mobile app he compares to Instagram for doctors. He will offer suggestions on difficult diagnoses and favorite particularly beautiful photos of growths, gashes, and gangrene. By and large the service is used by medical professionals, but every once and a while, a picture is worth sharing with everyone. “My dad works in hardware sales, so I had to show him this one picture of a patient with a two-by-four through his chest,” says DeVito. “There are images on here that anyone can connect to.”
I downloaded Figure 1 a few…
Source:: The Verge
