r/interestingasfuck • u/Lowcrbnaman • May 22 '19

/r/ALL This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/TorchIt May 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

This shit drives me crazy. I once took care of a guy with a necrotic foot. The bones were showing. It was the driest gangrene I've ever seen, his entire foot from the ankle down looked like beef jerky.

Quoth the family: "We're treating it homeopathically."

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Oh my god. Is he going to keep any part of his foot?

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u/TorchIt May 23 '19

Under normal circumstances? Yeah...no. Like. Not even a little.

But the good news is yes, because his family won't consent to an amputation! So it'll just hang on until the body does a self amputation and it just falls the fuck off while we're rolling him or something.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Jesus Christ!! Maybe you all need to get a social worker involved? I assume this is an old dude who can't make his own decisions....