Lately, I’ve been exploring 18th and 19th century medical ephemera that advertised old medicines and medical procedures. Some of these fliers are weird, some are creepy, and most haunt my dreams. But these “trade cards” for an 18th century “skeleton supplier” in… Read More ›
Cadavers have been used to teach anatomy and surgical techniques, discover rates of decomposition, and even to develop crash test dummies. Corpses have also been used to settle anatomical debates about how Jesus of Nazareth might have been crucified and test the… Read More ›
In a display case in the South Cloisters at University College London sits the “Auto-Icon” of Jeremy Bentham. Jeremy Bentham (February 15, 1748-June 6, 1832) was a philosopher associated with Utilitarianism-something I had to look up. He was also a… Read More ›
Every fledgling forensic anthropologist in the U.S. learns about the murder trial of John Webster because of its significance to the history of forensic science. But the trial transcripts are just as fascinating as the facts of the case because they reveal… Read More ›
The earliest matches were unsafe to manufacture and almost as dangerous to light. In 1805 a French chemist invented a self-igniting, chemical match that was a piece of wood that was treated with a mixture of potassium chlorate, sulfur, sugar,… Read More ›
In the Cathedral of Otranto are five large display cases that contain the bones of the “martyrs of Otranto.” The skulls face the cathedral’s visitors and are mixed with long bones and bones of the pelvis. In one of the… Read More ›
Founded as the Army Medical Museum in 1862, the National Museum of Health and Medicine was established to document and study the effects of disease and trauma incurred in battle. Medical officers collected specimens embedded with projectiles, while museum staff took… Read More ›
The American Revolution was a war of independence fought by legendary men who managed to defeat one of the greatest military forces of all time. History teachers lecture about George Washington’s victory in the Battle of Trenton in 1776, the… Read More ›
Today dentures are commercially produced in a dental laboratory or by a denturist using tissue shaded acrylics. These false teeth are one-of-a-kind because they are made to fit the wearer’s mouth and to look like natural teeth. But this process… Read More ›
Human bones found beneath Edinburgh house show city’s past as centre of excellence for anatomy By Ben Miller at Culture24 Bones found buried in an Edinburgh garden could reflect the city’s anatomical past Drilled and threaded with wires, the smoothed-out… Read More ›
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