A trip to the doctor is generally pretty tame these days. Once upon a time you may have been poked and prodded with some wacky apparatus. Stuck with pins. Suctioned. Electrocuted. Fed strange potions.
A trip to the Cotter Medical History Museum is a fascinating experience and one which prompted my 14 year old cousin to repeatedly reference American Horror Story Asylum. You definitely shouldn’t watch American Horror Story, it’s scary as all hell and even the opening credits give me nightmares.
You should however, visit the Cotter Medical History Museum in the grounds of the old Hillmorton Hospital. It won’t give you nightmares, even though you’ll see all manner of weird and wonderful items from the history of medicine. The hosts are incredibly knowledgeable and we were enlightened as to the surprising uses of many things that at first looked entirely un-medical. There’s a huge range of interesting things to see, of which I only photographed a few. I was too busy hearing about gut-cameras, stomach suckers, fake feet, smelling salts, electric hair brushes, ‘maori’ cigarettes, lead nipples…
Fascinating!
A trip to the Cotter Medical History Museum is a fascinating experience and one which prompted my 14 year old cousin to repeatedly reference American Horror Story Asylum. You definitely shouldn’t watch American Horror Story, it’s scary as all hell and even the opening credits give me nightmares.
You should however, visit the Cotter Medical History Museum in the grounds of the old Hillmorton Hospital. It won’t give you nightmares, even though you’ll see all manner of weird and wonderful items from the history of medicine. The hosts are incredibly knowledgeable and we were enlightened as to the surprising uses of many things that at first looked entirely un-medical. There’s a huge range of interesting things to see, of which I only photographed a few. I was too busy hearing about gut-cameras, stomach suckers, fake feet, smelling salts, electric hair brushes, ‘maori’ cigarettes, lead nipples…
Fascinating!
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