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I really loved history at school, not the King/Queen stuff that was boring.
I mean the fire of London stuff, plague, then there was the off with
everyone's head period. I also did the history of medicine at school, fascinating.
There is actually a museum I have been to see which is about the history of medicine.
It is attached to a hospital of all places.
They have mock ups of medieval surgery, chopping off limbs with no anaesthetic, that
sort of thing. Plus old wives remedies. Like if you have a sore throat, tying a toad or a
frog under your chin or putting one in your mouth. Hence the quote have you got a frog in
your throat!
They thought bad smells caused illness so the cure was sniff something that smelt nice.
Hence people swooning about with hankies sniffing them.
They also have a display of various ancient surgical instruments. Very scary I tell ya. Lol
The other thing which stands out is learning about peat bog man. A dead body found
in a bog perfectly preserved and even had seeds from his last meal in his stomache.
You can actually look up peat bog men on the internet but I don't know which peat bog
men we looked at.
I was a bit of a gruesome child. Lol more frogs and snails and puppy dogs tails.
That is an old poem
What are little girls made of, sugar and spice and all things nice.
What are little boys made of, frogs and snails and puppy dog tails.
