General Chat

So was I Dee! All that was missing was a torch!!! pmsl! :0) Joan xxxx

CB Yes, my dad bought it at an exhibition, I think the Ideal Home. It cost more than a week's wages, I believe, which made him not very popular as money was tight then. He called it Waverley's as that was the publisher. I find the history day by day section very interesting. I did have the infopaedia, from a cover disk, which I think included F & W's David

CB and Davo The reference book you mention sounds fascinating. I must admit I still tend to refer to books for information. When I was studying last year I was amazed at how much of the stuff I found on the internet was inaccurate. It is very difficult to know which sites are reliable. Dee xx

Having read dates that forks were introduced makes me wonder how old the Fork Handles sketch is ?

Joe That was a brilliant sketch wasn't it, almost timeless I would say Dee ;-))

Just found this on speculums - the stuff you learn through these boards!!! From www[.]mssm[.]edu/misc/history[.]shtml History of Minimally Invasive Surgery The early history of laparoscopy is unknown to many surgeons, but endoscopy was first described by Hippocrates in Greece (460-375 BC . He made reference to a rectal speculum. The first simple speculum for gynecological endoscopy dates from about the same time. Roman medicine also produced instruments with which they could inspect internal organs. In Pompeii's ruins (70 AD), a three-bladed vaginal speculum was found; this instrument was similar to the modern vaginal speculum. Thus, the interest for physicians to look into the 'internal organs' has existed since the early days of medicine. The credit for modern endoscopy belongs to Philipp Bozzini (1773-1809). He developed a light conductor which he called 'Lichtleiter' to avoid the problems of inadequate illumination. This early endoscope directed light into the internal cavities of the body and redirected to the eye of the observer. Monica

Thanks for adding that Monica, certainly seems that part of the programme was accurate then Dee xx

There you go Dee!!! And Phil invented the spec with a torch !!! lol :0) Joan xxx