tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2689924904103261023..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Leonardo da Vinci – The Mechanics of ManMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49300563426599151972013-08-23T19:15:05.089+01:002013-08-23T19:15:05.089+01:00Thanks Adèle. Hello Ruan - what a gorgeous name! Y...Thanks Adèle. Hello Ruan - what a gorgeous name! Yeah, I agree, Lots of truly gruesome exhibits seem to have disappeared from Museums - probably due to Health & Safety restrictions. Love your story about the local butcher, I've a vision of him, with meat cleaver in hand! Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67220905765699418152013-08-21T11:29:54.815+01:002013-08-21T11:29:54.815+01:00In the science museum in London there used to be f...In the science museum in London there used to be fab displays of old instruments for doctors and midwives, I remember being about 7 or 8 and allowed to roam the museum without my mum or dad watching over me (what harm can she come to! HA) and finding the 18th century and older birthing stools and other such strange items, early forceps and other tools now seen as potentially fatal.<br />The bowls for blood and other things, the saws for amputation, I had such a wonderful but ghoulish time, sadly in the modern sound bite age of walk through museum displays much of what I saw is not longer out and what is has almost tabloid style display. Mind you my local butcher decided I was too curious and took me through to his back table and with my mum watching on showed me how he skinned and gutted our dinner (which I couldn't then eat) of Rabbit caught locally!<br />Ah the good old, bad old days, wish I had a claw though :-)Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48687757394231630142013-08-20T10:19:38.922+01:002013-08-20T10:19:38.922+01:00Lovely post which I missed yesterday! I will tweet...Lovely post which I missed yesterday! I will tweet it now! adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35751668156089868762013-08-19T12:10:06.242+01:002013-08-19T12:10:06.242+01:00Good to know there's someone out there who sha...Good to know there's someone out there who shared my disgusting childhood habits!Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30128441253387778892013-08-19T08:08:01.133+01:002013-08-19T08:08:01.133+01:00Great post, Theresa! It made me laugh.
My grandm...Great post, Theresa! It made me laugh. <br /><br />My grandmother grew up in the western United States of pioneer stock. When she was a little girl, her older sister used to chase her around the house with a chicken's foot, too. <br /><br />The old-fashioned version of Assassin's Creed, indeed! Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com