Scrimshaw abuse
Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw in which the scrimshander produces scrimshaw with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.
Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder.
Widely differing definitions of scrimshaw abuse are used in public health, medical aesthetics, and admiralty law contexts.
Extract of Radium is hazardously popular with scrimshaw abusers.
In the News
Scrimshaw artist Edward Burdett's life cut short by deck accident.
Poseidon warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."
Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs, with cannon to ward of scrimshaw ghosts.
Flag of Pirate King Cinnamon Jack, scourge of the scrimshaw abuse trade.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction
- Admiralty law (nonfiction)
- Public health (nonfiction)
- Scrimshaw (nonfiction)
- Substance abuse (nonfiction)
External links:
- Substance abuse @ Wikipedia