Cat Irving
@anatomicalcat.bsky.social
Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall. Snake charmer. Beagle feeder. All-round general necromancer
That would work, and I can send you my email too.
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That would work, and I can send you my email too.
Thank you to both Sam! (The dress is my favourite 🖤)
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Thank you to both Sam! (The dress is my favourite 🖤)
That’s so kind, thank you!
a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .
ALT: a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .
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November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
That’s so kind, thank you!
I haven’t given one of my talks on the medical history behind Frankenstein for ages - if anyone is interested please get in touch! (While del Toro’s film is set in my city of Edinburgh, this photo was taken in Ingolstadt, where Mary Shelley based her novel)
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I haven’t given one of my talks on the medical history behind Frankenstein for ages - if anyone is interested please get in touch! (While del Toro’s film is set in my city of Edinburgh, this photo was taken in Ingolstadt, where Mary Shelley based her novel)
There are also similar tables on display at the Royal College of Physicians in London, which were also made in Padua in the seventeenth century.
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There are also similar tables on display at the Royal College of Physicians in London, which were also made in Padua in the seventeenth century.
The tables came to England in 1642 with John Evelyn. In the film a (fictional!) table shows the lymphatic system. I work with many 18thC preparations which use mercury to show lymphatics in dazzling silver - I love that the film may introduce more people to this oft-ignored anatomical structure!
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The tables came to England in 1642 with John Evelyn. In the film a (fictional!) table shows the lymphatic system. I work with many 18thC preparations which use mercury to show lymphatics in dazzling silver - I love that the film may introduce more people to this oft-ignored anatomical structure!
It was planned at a time when Resurrectionists - or body snatchers - were rife. However, completion was planned for 1832, but delays meant that it was only ready for use in January 1833. By this time the 1832 Anatomy Act had passed which would largely put the body snatchers out of business.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It was planned at a time when Resurrectionists - or body snatchers - were rife. However, completion was planned for 1832, but delays meant that it was only ready for use in January 1833. By this time the 1832 Anatomy Act had passed which would largely put the body snatchers out of business.