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Quigley's Cabinet
http://quigleyscabinet.blogspot.com/
A visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."
- Added on: Jan 30th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Christine Quigley
- Listed in: Natural Cultural
- Tags: death weird news anatomy morbid funeral mummies
Recent Posts
Alligator urban legends
Like me, you may have received an e-mail with one or more of these photos that misattributes the location and exaggerates the size of the alligator. With the help of Snopes.com, I have sorted out the circumstances and provide the correct captions bel...
Follow-ups
A more modest list of follow-ups...Conjoined twins 11/5/09 Reader Sandra Konigmacher suggested this link, which offers antique anatomical prints like this 1775 print by Johann Gottlieb Walker.Collyer brothers 9/9/09 I neglected to mention in my post ...
Circus animals on the lam
Lisa Falzon, "Jailbreak - Leopard and Girl Circus Escape" (10" x 8" giclée print).My Mom and Del are having their 8th Annual Multi-Family Yard Sale today and tomorrow, so I have taken some time out from people-watching to do my blog post, which this...
Placentas and more
For those of you who find the subject of today's post a bit repulsive, read no further and come back and join us tomorrow! For those with strong wills and strong stomachs, here we go...A new book called Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation has ju...
Camino del Rey
I concur that this is the world's scariest path. The video, which I found last night, is both mesmerizing and frightening - and of course I had to know more. The walkway is called the Caminito (or Camino) del Rey and the 6-minute video was made in 20...
Humpback whales
Let's have a look at (and a listen to) humpback whales, so named because of the curving of their backs when diving. Their numbers have increased so much since their near-extinction in the 1960s that the U.S. Government is considering taking them off ...
love your combination of history and photography and in general your interesting commentary of the weird and wonderful.
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