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blinkysue
Recent Activity
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Catacombes de Paris
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Old Operating Theatre
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanestisized patients
Housed in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving operating theater looks much as it might have in 1822. One surgeon who operated there described it thus: "the first two rows... »
Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Hunterian Museum, London
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery
The Hunterian Museum has an amazing anatomy and pathology collection, amassed by John Hunter; anatomist, obstetrician, doctor, and dedicated collector of oddities (1728-1793). Hunter had a... »
Museums and Collections, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters
Opened in 1839, Highgate is one of London's most infamous cemeteries. Among the impressive Victorian and Egyptian influenced tombs, are the gravestones of Karl Marx (recognizable by the glowering... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta, littlebrumble and others
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Stanley Park
"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright
On the banks of Copenhagen sits the famous "Little Mermaid" sculpture, a nude woman based on a local ballerina - at least in the face, the body was based on the sculptors wife. The sculpture was... »
Strange Statues | Edited by canuck
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Steam Clock Gastown Vancouver
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown
Underneath Vancouver, Canada, there runs a series of steam pipes connected to a generating plant at Georgia and Beatty Streets. The system provides heat to most of the downtown core, and provides... »
Astounding Timepieces, Retro-Tech, Amazing Automata | Edited by canuck, Annetta and 3 others
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Joggins Fossil Cliffs
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November 23, 2010
blinkysue
has been to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden