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The Company of Undertakers. William Hogarth, Laid, 1736. Subject: Mapp, Sarah (d.1736), Taylor, John (1703-72), Ward, Joshua (1685-1761), Dod, Pierce (1683-1754), Bamber, Dr., Quacks & quackery.
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Le mal de tete. Charles Ramelet / Honore Daumier, Lithograph coloured. Subject: Headache, Depiction of Pain.
La Colique. Charles Ramelet / Honore Daumier, Lithograph coloured. Subject: Cholic, Depiction of Pain.
Le Cure. Oui, mes freres… Charles Ramelet / Honore Daumier, Lithograph coloured. Subject: Alcohol, Sleep.
From rq: Wallpaper, wall art. This is an abandoned school down the southern half of the country. The first is layers of wallpaper/paint (couldn’t really tell), the second two are a local artist’s work for a nature-focused show that used the building as canvas and location. Click for full size!
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A Cure for Drowsiness–or–A Pinch of Cephalic. George Cruikshank, Etching coloured,Jan. 25th 1822. Subject: Tobacco, Snuff, Smoking.
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The Last Gasp. Or Toadstools Mistaken for Mushrooms. Thomas Rowlandson, Etching coloured. Subject: Mushrooms, Obesity, Gastronomy.
I need another pencil case. As it is, I still have around 100 of them that aren’t in a case, and I’ve gone and added more. See all that lovely info on the Prismacolors? It’s stamped metallic, and if you do microwave to repair a core, it will go up in a pretty shower of sparks, so you’ll no longer have it. I prefer to keep my info intact, including the colour names. The Staedtler Noris Colour are lovely, much like Cretacolor, harder than the Prismacolor, they apply well, and keep a good point. The problem with sets is that there is zero identification on the pencil, no name, no number, so if you are looking to replace a specific colour, you’re rather screwed into buying a new set. I did buy the Prismacolors off the rack, so I’ll see how many broken cores I have to deal with.
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All safe and snug. © C. Ford, all rights reserved. Click for full size.
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Die Schwitz = Kur. Johann Wenzel Zinke, Engraving coloured, Satyrisches Bild. #22. Subject: Sweating Cure, hydrotherapy.
Matt Easton and Tod Todeschini got together to make a really interesting video that also pertains to my current project in work.
The breadth of Tod’s skill and knowledge is incredible. When I grow up I want to be just like him.
Many of the buildings had the beams carved. Some had decorated just one or two beams on the edges, some went completely nuts. There is not much more to say, really. Enjoy.
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L’Equilibre du Verre. Carl Vernet, Lithograph coloured, 1823. Subject: Balance, Acrobatics.
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The Surgeon. Lucas van Leyden, Laid, 1524. Subject: Surgeons & Surgery, Rural Medicine.
The Charlatan (The Dentist). Lucas van Leyden, Laid, 1523. Subject: Tooth Extraction, Charlatan, Thievery.
I hate having to have teeth. Intelligent design my ass – two sets for the whole life and even with modern technology nigh impossible to keep clean and free of cavities. And I am one of the few lucky people who at the age of 40 years has all 32 teeth and only four fillings despite indulging in sweets a lot. I dread the day when I will have to have one of my teeth to be pulled out. Two of the four filings are in one tooth, the likely candidate for this lovely process.
Content warning – description of a bungled medical procedure.
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When it came to mouth Professor Kos had a very sad story to tell. It involved his brother, who had the misfortune of having impacted wisdom tooth that had to be removed. And the doctor who did that task was not a dentist, but a surgeon, who approached the thing in a surgeon-like way – he cut through he left cheek and removed the tooth from there.
However he made a mistake – he did not manage to avoid parotid gland and he cut into it. The constantly flowing saliva prevented the healing of the cut having to have drainage in his left cheek constantly. Then the surgeon decided to remove the gland on this side of the face completely, thus his brother ended up disfigured for life.
Professor Kos was very angry and agitated when he told this. He concluded that a surgeon as incompetent as this has no business operating on people and should have his licence revoked. I agree.
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Heelmeester. Cornelius Dusart, Laid, 1695. Subject: Barber Surgeons, Rural Medicine.
Kopster. Cornelius Dusart, Laid, 1695. Subject: Village Doctors, Phlebotomy, Bleeding Cups, Rural Medicine.