Hanna Polasky
@pox-and-frocks.bsky.social
Paleopathologist, medical historian, archives gremlin, a menace and an imp who threatens to lick any Scheele's green she sees.
https://pox-and-frocks.github.io/
https://pox-and-frocks.github.io/
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Very fancy potato bear postcard from my collection, unsent and date unknown.
June 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Very fancy potato bear postcard from my collection, unsent and date unknown.
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11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
It’s scheeling a lot like summer
(I bought some arsenic green paper)
(I bought some arsenic green paper)
June 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s scheeling a lot like summer
(I bought some arsenic green paper)
(I bought some arsenic green paper)
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Feeling like a kid in a sweet shop deciding which of our beautiful bindings from Farmleigh to put in our new exhibition! #BeautifulBindings #librariesofinstagram #book #Gold
June 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Feeling like a kid in a sweet shop deciding which of our beautiful bindings from Farmleigh to put in our new exhibition! #BeautifulBindings #librariesofinstagram #book #Gold
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David Kandel, The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe beneath a Mulberry Tree, 1546, woodcut, color. #midsummer #earlymodern
June 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
David Kandel, The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe beneath a Mulberry Tree, 1546, woodcut, color. #midsummer #earlymodern
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Blood of bat, blood of frog, hemlock, leeches and burnt ashes… Just another ordinary everyday 18thc medical treatment, this time for excessive hair
June 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Blood of bat, blood of frog, hemlock, leeches and burnt ashes… Just another ordinary everyday 18thc medical treatment, this time for excessive hair
Hello today I held a first edition of Smellie’s tables and I am going to cry about it forever
June 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hello today I held a first edition of Smellie’s tables and I am going to cry about it forever
If anyone was wondering how the new job is going, I started crying when I found this chymistry book last week because I loved it so much
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If anyone was wondering how the new job is going, I started crying when I found this chymistry book last week because I loved it so much
This is what exhausted but happy looks like now that I’m back in the medical history world all the time
June 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This is what exhausted but happy looks like now that I’m back in the medical history world all the time
I keep forgetting to announce it on here, but ya gal is officially the archivist and heritage manager at the royal college of general practitioners and she’s LOVING HER LIFE
June 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I keep forgetting to announce it on here, but ya gal is officially the archivist and heritage manager at the royal college of general practitioners and she’s LOVING HER LIFE
Back in my element (storage rooms for medical collections that need a lot of work)
June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Back in my element (storage rooms for medical collections that need a lot of work)
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Blog! Exploring the history of working class skin – the fear of the proximity of poor bodies and the experimentation on the skin of poor patients in hospitals and dispensaries www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/her...
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Blog! Exploring the history of working class skin – the fear of the proximity of poor bodies and the experimentation on the skin of poor patients in hospitals and dispensaries www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/her...
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Dachshund thylacine! Now do a pug version.
At National Museum Wales, they have an #otter that's taller than a #thylacine.
(Mainly because the taxidermist has given the thylacine a really stretched body and really short legs). #WorldOtterDay #taxidermy
(Mainly because the taxidermist has given the thylacine a really stretched body and really short legs). #WorldOtterDay #taxidermy
May 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dachshund thylacine! Now do a pug version.
The reviews are in: I am “incredibly child friendly” according to one mum who visited the @oldoptheatre.bsky.social yesterday.
I have laughed so hard about this for hours. I loved her.
I have laughed so hard about this for hours. I loved her.
May 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The reviews are in: I am “incredibly child friendly” according to one mum who visited the @oldoptheatre.bsky.social yesterday.
I have laughed so hard about this for hours. I loved her.
I have laughed so hard about this for hours. I loved her.
This is actually a horror story in two images
It's #PaperclipDay! At home or in the archive, check out our blog for top 10 reasons why Brass is Best! buff.ly/tvFsbmk Warning: contains graphic images of rust & paperclip damage 😱 🖇️ #preservation #archives #archivalpreservation #paperclips @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is actually a horror story in two images
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The foxgloves are starting to come out! And this beautiful illustration from Anne Pratt's 'The poisonous, noxious and suspected plants of our fields and woods' (1857) can be seen in the 'Green Shoots' book display, which will be in the outer library until the 7th of June.
May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The foxgloves are starting to come out! And this beautiful illustration from Anne Pratt's 'The poisonous, noxious and suspected plants of our fields and woods' (1857) can be seen in the 'Green Shoots' book display, which will be in the outer library until the 7th of June.
Trying to create a “cheat sheet” on the history of magic and witchcraft for colleagues and have hit the point where I’m just posting links to @odavies9.bsky.social ‘s work and saying “he says it better, please don’t make me”
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Trying to create a “cheat sheet” on the history of magic and witchcraft for colleagues and have hit the point where I’m just posting links to @odavies9.bsky.social ‘s work and saying “he says it better, please don’t make me”
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Going to start my summer school scripts session with this post:
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
May 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Going to start my summer school scripts session with this post:
I blame @debharkness.bsky.social for my financial irresponsibility in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social shop…
I have *become* the Ripley Scroll
I have *become* the Ripley Scroll
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I blame @debharkness.bsky.social for my financial irresponsibility in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social shop…
I have *become* the Ripley Scroll
I have *become* the Ripley Scroll
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Henry VI's pardon to Richard, duke of York, after his failed rebellion in 1452. LFC Ch VI 10. #medievalsky
May 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Henry VI's pardon to Richard, duke of York, after his failed rebellion in 1452. LFC Ch VI 10. #medievalsky
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the bees, for today is their special day! 🐝
This engraved frontispiece by Thomas Loveday is from ‘Melisselogia: Or, the Female Monarchy…’, a book about bees by John Thorley, published in 1744.
📷 Reserve 595.799 THO
#WorldBeeDay #BeeDay #RareBooks
This engraved frontispiece by Thomas Loveday is from ‘Melisselogia: Or, the Female Monarchy…’, a book about bees by John Thorley, published in 1744.
📷 Reserve 595.799 THO
#WorldBeeDay #BeeDay #RareBooks
May 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the bees, for today is their special day! 🐝
This engraved frontispiece by Thomas Loveday is from ‘Melisselogia: Or, the Female Monarchy…’, a book about bees by John Thorley, published in 1744.
📷 Reserve 595.799 THO
#WorldBeeDay #BeeDay #RareBooks
This engraved frontispiece by Thomas Loveday is from ‘Melisselogia: Or, the Female Monarchy…’, a book about bees by John Thorley, published in 1744.
📷 Reserve 595.799 THO
#WorldBeeDay #BeeDay #RareBooks
Every time @hannahcornish.bsky.social takes me through the corpse corridor at ucl, I have this reaction.
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Every time @hannahcornish.bsky.social takes me through the corpse corridor at ucl, I have this reaction.
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I know I've shared these before, but letters with little decorative just give me joy 📜
B893.17 J565
Haggadah (1804) - uncat
B893.17 J565
Haggadah (1804) - uncat
May 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I know I've shared these before, but letters with little decorative just give me joy 📜
B893.17 J565
Haggadah (1804) - uncat
B893.17 J565
Haggadah (1804) - uncat
I really enjoy inserting the fact that I have 58 volumes of the medical times and gazette into conversations. It lets all participants know two things: I am autistic, and I love antiquing.
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I really enjoy inserting the fact that I have 58 volumes of the medical times and gazette into conversations. It lets all participants know two things: I am autistic, and I love antiquing.
One of the best parts of my day was when I friend began to ask whether I was ok around full coffins before stopping herself mid-sentence and saying, “of course you are, who am I talking to?”
May 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of the best parts of my day was when I friend began to ask whether I was ok around full coffins before stopping herself mid-sentence and saying, “of course you are, who am I talking to?”