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history language books and things

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The horror of childbirth from the Malagasy epic Ibona.

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“Sorry, sir, but this hotel is full; nothing left but the roof. You should have engaged accommodations in advance.”

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“While in Berkshire I saw an odd picture, not of a castle, but of an old English gentleman's residence, which was truly castle-like in appearance, and which furnishes a happy suggestion to people who do not like to live long in any one place. It was a tun on wheels, and it had been used by an over-taxed and indignant democrat for the purpose of having no fixed locality, and so to avoid assessment.” Zigzag Journeys in Europe by Hezekiah Butterworth, 1880s.

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Jacket

John Galliano

Spring/Summer 1993

The MET

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Dizzerbells on, dicks out

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My twitter’s got the goods.

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Lifter Bigge, square-jawed space smuggler, with silly sidekick Papillion Ball, is pursued to the edge of the universe by gentleman space mystic Jasper Blithman of the Inner-Temple.

From 18th century court documents.

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Interesting that in 1747 it was known that dental problems were caused by tiny creatures/animalcules/germs.

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John Wesley condemning jargon and technical language as deliberately elitist, c. 1747.

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when myfitnesspal tells me to eat less salt

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Pieces of cloth dipped in liquid heroin and stuffed up the nose: a cure for headaches and nosebleeds.

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Recommended reading: 310,310 by mushbuh

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Habit of a secondhand clothes seller (Habit de Fripier), c. 1720

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Two recommended diuretics: the penis of a seahorse and the tusk of a walrus. Both easily procured, I’m sure.

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Scurvy can be cured 1001 ways, including bathing in blood and holding one’s ~secret parts~ in a bowl of cold water.

Lemons, limes, etc. are mentioned but only for their ‘cooling properties’.

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Suppositories of the 17th century include alum (a desiccant, ouch), a candle’s end, hard rope, and... salt...... They put salt.... in the ass......