January 2012
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Anonymous asked: My boyfriend is undead and we love looking at your blog together. As a dame -- there's nothing sexier than internal organs. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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thetemperamentalgoat asked: Wait. WHY IS BIOMEDICAL EPHEMERA GETTING COMPLIMENTS AS IF IT WERE A GAY PR0N BLOG? I AM SO CONFUSED. WHAT IS GOING ON, ARALLYN? TELL ME.
Anonymous asked: My boyfriend is bi and we love looking at your blog together. As a dame--there's nothing sexier than two guys making out/making love. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Don’t have much time right now, but thanks for all the messages (which I’m not ignoring!) and hello to everyone new. That platypus is one of my favorite illustrations ever, so to have everyone else loving it is pretty awesome :D
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junkyardmail answered your question: But really, any OTHER requests? I only have so much Krampus here…what else d’ya wanna see?
How about some good old-fashioned influenza? I’ve got influenza A right now, can you make me happy I live in the 21st century?
Ew ew ew. I am so glad I haven’t gotten the flu this year (watch me pick it up tomorrow). But check out my influenza tag!
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staticeverywhere asked: What the heck is that polar bear doing?
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This time, the lack of posts is for a good reason!
Big things are coming…
Ok, nothing huge, but a large makeover for the layout (don’t worry, it’s still gonna be easy to navigate), and inclusion of an “Ephemeral Scraps” Flickr stream link for all of you who have been looking for more content with less commentary. This blog won’t be posting those pics (I like having my sometimes-pointless commentary here!), but...
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Anonymous asked: About the Dutch translation. This is old 17th century Dutch and an absolute pain to read. What looks like a meat grinder is a water pump, used for cleaning lakes, boats. The other tells 'A cat found in a bird egg'... Last one of course a conjoined twin, authopsy. The drawings do not have a relationship with each other, just a collection of 'curious' subjects he writes about....
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femmedelascaux answered your question: But really, any OTHER requests? I only have so much Krampus here…what else d’ya wanna see?
do you have any old medical forms/charts/documentation?
YES! but only on my computer up north…reblogging so that I remember. I find old medical forms interesting. They’re much like old library cards in many cases, and actually were considered...
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You people! So dark! What's wrong with a nice...
witchitasour answered your question: But really, any OTHER requests? I only have so much Krampus here…what else d’ya wanna see?
got anything related to cults or cryptozoology?
Oh my, not so much. Though the other history blogs on Tumblr often have Medieval cryptozoology creatures. I believe http://mediumaevum.tumblr.com/ has some good ones.
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But really, any OTHER requests? I only have so...
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Anonymous asked: Would you marry someone who named your clitoris after a honey badger?
Anonymous asked: would YOU marry someone who named a species after your clitoris?
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Cause of Death: Tympanites
From Antiquus Morbus:
A distention of the abdomen resulting from the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity. Also called tympany.
From a 1760 English death record:
You also encounter the term “tympanum” when you look at the ear drum, so you can probably see the general etymology already. From Etymonline:
Tympanum: “drum of the ear,”...
