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primum non nocere

@lawfulgoodsir

histmed & boat media history of medicine tag is #histmed irl hms terror history tag is #franklin expedition i post about the tv show but make no mistake...this blog is a ploy to interest people in history of british medicine & surgery ca. 1800-1850
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whale tail (noun). definition: when the waistband of your long johns peeks out over your trousers in a slutty marine fashion

#moby dick
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I made a welsh wig 🔥🔥🔥

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In all his glory! I used the Sally Pointer pattern with JC Rennie supersoft 4ply lambswool yarn in the shade medium grey.

This is a beautiful piece; very layer-able on top and really thermal on the bottom. I had no idea that the curls would be so thick - makes perfect sense for keeping your neck warm, but it really takes seeing it in person to get a sense for how warm & fluffy they are. I'd wear this under a 19th-c. naval hat (or, more realistically, a bike helmet) in a heartbeat.

Things I learned/tips under the cut:

#welsh wig#the terror#historical knitting#sally pointer#i'm an amateur knitter first and foremost
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FITZJAMES??

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on a real note this gives me some deep encouragement that whatever kind of documentary research i do might have an actual tangible outcome. I feel like it's so rare to see a project like this connect in a way that's this huge. Kudos to all involved

#franklin expedition
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Each time i watch Goodsir do the autopsy, it's worse. It really makes you realise that no. He is not in fact a doctor. I present to you my inner monologue:

  • Starting good. There's nothing you can really fuck up here! *remembers the Jartnell scene from the pilot script* *dies a little* ............... you're doing GREAT buddy!!!
  • oh god that's nasty why'd you do that-
  • THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT'S FOR
  • this would be so much easier if you switched instruments... my good sir (badum tss), why do you not have rib shears...?
  • HANG ON NO NO NO NO NO YOU'RE GONNA HURT YOURSELF THIS IS SO UNSAFE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING STOP IT STOP

CAREFUL WITH THE SCALPEL

  • *yeets liver* are you gonna... look inside or....?
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IMO the most intriguing part of the early-to-mid-nineteenth century (as far as British medicine goes) is how much the reputation of the "surgeon" was changing - and how influential Scottish practitioners had been in establishing that new professional status:

#he's trying his best#histmed#amc the terror
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long pedantic reblog about dissection incoming as soon as i get these sources together

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pausing while writing a workshop abstract, reluctantly hitting backspace on “get nasty with some pharmaceutical Latin”, writing “participants will strengthen their medical language skills”

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made this to send to my friends and I'm just so delighted with it

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