tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6459125430698080654..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Rectum of the Bishop of Durham Catherine JohnsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20892628489943327522012-01-17T19:57:24.229+00:002012-01-17T19:57:24.229+00:00I have a typo in my own name above - how embarrass...I have a typo in my own name above - how embarrassing!Jane Stempnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25974091517162183882012-01-16T19:30:35.688+00:002012-01-16T19:30:35.688+00:00I work in a medical library too, but luckily they ...I work in a medical library too, but luckily they removed all the jars of squishy bits before I got there. One of my favourite items in the collection is a tiny matchbox-sized silver case holding a set of six lancets (one missing) which belonged to a surgeon from Nelson's fleet. The most elegant nasty little blades, that fold into their tortoise-shell handles.Jane Stemonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58017574933993244892012-01-16T13:05:06.155+00:002012-01-16T13:05:06.155+00:00Wow! I must go there.Wow! I must go there.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74059027322002243632012-01-15T21:27:21.903+00:002012-01-15T21:27:21.903+00:00Great post title!
My wife will love this museum. ...Great post title!<br /><br />My wife will love this museum. I don't know when we return to London for a second visit (we live in Germany) but I know for sure that this visit will include a day in the Hunterian Museum.<br /><br />Thanks for an interesting and informative post.ediFanoBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129248787624088717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69181084191300755272012-01-15T13:54:03.152+00:002012-01-15T13:54:03.152+00:00I absolutely agree with you - the Hunterian Museum...I absolutely agree with you - the Hunterian Museum is brilliant. The last time I went one of the exhibits made me feel so queasy I had to rush outside, but there are some wonders. Particularly stunning - if it's still on display - was a boy's head who had been suffering from small pox. And, of course, the skeleton of the Irish giant and early dissections of the blood vessels. I've never noticed John Hunter's instrument box and will look it out next time I'm there. A must-see for novelists as well as aspiring surgeons. And they have some fantastic lectures there, too. Thanks for flagging it up, Catherine.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9246995031896119072012-01-15T11:55:39.040+00:002012-01-15T11:55:39.040+00:00It's a wonderful place! Spent a long time ther...It's a wonderful place! Spent a long time there during research for the Westerman and Crowther books and liked it so much I gave Hunter a cameo appearance in Instruments. Know just what you mean about the instrument box.Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10664198353044240882012-01-15T00:43:04.209+00:002012-01-15T00:43:04.209+00:00Interesting blog and I suspect my daughter would l...Interesting blog and I suspect my daughter would like this museum. I have an 1805 book on 'domestic medicine' which is an intriguing read.Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39916081182173799632012-01-14T19:24:55.903+00:002012-01-14T19:24:55.903+00:00The places you go! V interesting -though I think I...The places you go! V interesting -though I think I'll miss the things in jars sounds like the stuff of nightmares.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10926414691729203152012-01-14T11:03:01.517+00:002012-01-14T11:03:01.517+00:00Now that IS is a title and a half!
Never knew of...Now that IS is a title and a half! <br /><br />Never knew of this museum but must say a brisk rather than a lingering walk through the galleries sounds enticing when next down south. The tours and talks mentioned in the link look good too. I can see the wonderful attraction of that instrument case, a somehow hopeful thing.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52057580810933279392012-01-14T10:45:49.343+00:002012-01-14T10:45:49.343+00:00By co-incidence, my daughter went to the Hunterian...By co-incidence, my daughter went to the Hunterian Museum last week with a group of artists. She raved about it and came away, sketch book full, inspired with ideas for her jewellery collection. I find that very odd. But then I'm not an artist.Barbara Mitchelhillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70543149563464391232012-01-14T09:45:11.526+00:002012-01-14T09:45:11.526+00:00I am not very keen on things like that in jars eit...I am not very keen on things like that in jars either but the museum is undoubtedly worth a visit. There is also a floor in the Science Museum devoted to medicine - my father was fascinated by it. It all makes me glad that I was born after the introduction of certain developments in medicine!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com