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Elizabeth’s Story

May 28, 2015 by Robyn Haggard
Safety Scalpel, Late 17th Century (Inv. 44746)

Safety Scalpel, Late 17th Century (Inv. 44746) Do you think this decorated scalpel from the Museum’s collections might have been better than Elizabeth’s scissors?

Name: Elizabeth

Age: 9

Occupation: School

From: England

Object: Cow’s eye ball

Story: When I was at home my mother brung home a cow’s eyeball. We dissected it at the table on a plate. We had to cut it open with scissors because we didn’t have a scalpel.

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: biology, dissection, scalpel

Jessica’s Story

April 30, 2015 by Robyn Haggard
Rat Operating Table, Mid-20th Century (Inv. 47402). This would have been used for similar dissections to the one Jessica's saw.

Rat Operating Table, Mid-20th Century (Inv. 47402). Historically, this would have been used for similar dissections to the one Jessica’s saw.

Name: Jessica

Age: 11

Occupation: School girl

From: Berkshire, UK

Object: Pig eye!

Story: I remember when I was eight I came to The Museum of the History of Science and I saw a lady dissecting a pig eyeball! I was so fascinated. Since then I have kept coming back and I love finding all these new things here!

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: biology, dissection, Museum of the History of Science, museums

Ted’s Story

March 11, 2015 by Robyn Haggard

Ted and his wife.

Name: Ted

Age: 56

From: Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

Object: Locusts

Story: To illustrate the reproductive system and cycle our science teacher showed us how locusts bred. There was a transparent case in which you could observe the various stages of the reproductive cycle from the locust laying the eggs right up to the emergence of the baby locusts. We dissected them as well to understand how the bodies of an insect was constructed into the 3 parts and also watched them mating before laying the eggs. It was no wonder that biology was my favourite science subject, as an unusual was of teaching it has left an impression on me that I have not forgotten.

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: biology, dissection, insects, reproduction, school

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