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Laennec’s Baton: A Short History of the Stethoscope « The Chirurgeon's Apprentice
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The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. Laennec’s Baton: A Short History of the Stethoscope. By The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. All this changed in the 19. I rolled a quire of paper into a sort of cylinder and applied one end of it to the region of the heart and the other to my ear, and was not a little surprised and pleased, to find that I could thereby perceive the action of the heart in a manner much more clear and distinct than I had even been able to do by the immediate application of the ear. If you enjoy readin...
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Vaccinate against fear of Picasso | Standing Ovation, Seated
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Standing Ovation, Seated. HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ART. Vaccinate against fear of Picasso. We all know Picasso was a genius who was not just practicing, but creating “isms” who was not teaching, but inspiring artists; and whose single painting could feed half the kids in Africa if US billionaires and Qatari sheikhs who buy and sell the stuff would give their Picasso money to charities. Shall we be afraid of Picasso’s bizarre works, like this one? Forget art history, trust your instincts. But if you pain...
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Robert Hooke and the Dog’s Lung: Animal Experimentation in History « The Chirurgeon's Apprentice
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The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. Robert Hooke and the Dog’s Lung: Animal Experimentation in History. By The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. In 1664, Robert Hooke a pioneering member of the Royal Society and lead scientific thinker of his day decided to investigate the mechanisms involved in breathing. In his laboratory, he strapped a stray dog to his table. Then, taking his scalpel, he proceeded to slice the terrified animal’s chest off so he could peer inside the thoracic cavity. In 1718, the poet Alexander Pope a...
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The Chimp & The Surgeon: A History of Heart Transplants « The Chirurgeon's Apprentice
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The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. The Chimp and The Surgeon: A History of Heart Transplants. By The Chirurgeon's Apprentice. Today isn’t just Valentine’s Day. It’s also the end of Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week. With that in mind, here’s a short piece on the history of heart transplants. On the day Rush was brought to the hospital, none were available. As the minutes passed, the situation became more and more critical. The surgery went ahead even though everyone in the room was ‘well aware that any t...
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Eight reasons why a dog is the broken-hearted woman’s best friend | The History of Love
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Eight reasons why a dog is the broken-hearted woman’s best friend. Posted by Emily Brand. February 4, 2015. Any readers who also follow me on twitter. 1 Attempt to protect your virtue. From the advances of good-for-nothing scoundrels (even if it’s a hopeless case). 8216;Before’, William Hogarth, 1730-1. 2 Help you to attract more appropriate suitors by making you look even more ravishingly happy. Emma Hart, by George Romney. 3 Console with you. 8216;Maria’, 1787. 8216;The Fair Maniac’, 1797. Because let&...
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Beauty, Sex & Power at the Restoration Court | The History of Love
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Beauty, Sex and Power at the Restoration Court. Posted by Emily Brand. February 24, 2015. 8230; Or, what not to read on a packed bus. I don’t often harp on here about things written recently (or, you know, since the Crimean War), but I SO enjoyed this romp of a book that I thought I’d give a little sneak peek at it. It was published to accompany an exhibition on the same topic at Hampton Court Palace ( archived here. Louise de Kerouaille [1649-1734]. After Peter Lely (c.1671). By Godfrey Kneller (c1691).
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Miss Wish-Husband & The Old Maid’s Advice, 1748 | The History of Love
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Miss Wish-Husband and The Old Maid’s Advice, 1748. Posted by Emily Brand. April 4, 2015. Today it occurred to me that if I were living in the eighteenth century I would be quite firmly set in the realm of confirmed spinster. Setting any associated nervous breakdown aside for the moment, I feel compelled to console myself by sharing this (awful) advice of an Old Maid from the 1740s. The social position of an ageing, unmarried woman was one of ridicule and even repulsion (unless,. Is a season rare,. 15 tho...
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The tale of Elizabeth Smith (and her second husband’s first wife’s first husband), 1766 | The History of Love
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The tale of Elizabeth Smith (and her second husband’s first wife’s first husband), 1766. Posted by Emily Brand. December 10, 2014. Sometimes, when trawling through historical records, a researcher comes across personal stories that seem destined for Hollywood. Take this dramatic tale of romance triumphing against all the odds, featuring sexually-charged teenage servants, illegimate pregnancy, forced separation, triple bigamy, a few deaths, and a gouty clergyman in a sedan chair. Saturday 3 May 1766.
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Exhibition: Love Bites – Caricatures by James Gillray | The History of Love
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Exhibition: Love Bites Caricatures by James Gillray. Posted by Emily Brand. May 4, 2015. It offers a refreshing look at Gillray from a perspective coloured more by human intimacy and alliance than the usual political division and grotesquery we are even treated to William Pitt the Younger. As a Poldark-style shirtless Adonis. Alright, probably Apollo, technically). Swoon. William Pitt the hunk (& a few obligatory Frenchmen with no pants on in the background), from. Or George III defecating on France.