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Grave Consequences for Grave Doings

October 28, 2010

Cadder Parish Church, showing watchhouse and iron mortsafe, which was used to hold the corpse until it had decomposed enough to render it unsuitable for

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Who said Poetry was Dead? An Ode to the Chirurgeon-Embalmer (1705)

October 14, 2010

TO HIS INGENIOUS FRIEND MR. THOMAS GREENHILL ‘Tis great and worthy of our Praise to lead The Living thro’ the Dwellings of the Dead; Death’s

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From the Dissection Room: Inguinal Hernia

October 10, 2010

Eighteenth-century specimen showing an inguinal hernia, located in the groin. The preparation shows a contraction within the hernia which resulted in necrosis of part of

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Danse Macabre (Dance of Death)

October 7, 2010

Although not directly related to the history of surgery, Danse Macabre reflects a theme which undoubtedly preoccupied surgeons during the early modern period: death. Danse

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From the Dissection Room: Neurofibromatosis

October 3, 2010

A female skull dating from 1829 with the bony skeleton of a large facial tumour (possibly caused by neurofibromatosis) involving the right side of the

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Meat Pie, Anyone? The True Story of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

October 1, 2010

Thanks to the talents of Mr. Johnny Depp, most of us are now familiar with the story of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet

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