The social network where doctors swap gross pics of patients

Time was, seeing a huge gash in somebody's foot would have sent me clicking away in a hurry. Especially if that gash contained a massive, gooey cyst. But after several weeks regularly browsing Figure 1—a photo sharing app for health care professionals—my skin is thicker. I linger for a second, check out the comments, then keep scrolling. Past compound fractures, degloved limbs, lesions, rashes, warts, and tumors of all kinds. This app is not meant for people like me, those who like to play chicken with their gag reflex. You can tell because the captions for these images do not say "Check out this crazy s%&*!," "Gross," or even "NSFL." A typical entry reads like this: