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<\/a><\/p>\nFerrat would get just three and a half months to ponder his narrow escape.<\/p>\n
On July 17, 1996, he boarded TWA Flight 800, bound for Paris from New York, and shortly after takeoff, the plane apparently exploded and crashed into the Atlantic off Long Island, killing all 230 aboard, including Ferrat.<\/p>\n
Culled from: Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader<\/a> Conspiracy theorists, eat your hearts out. Side note: one George Henderson claims that he, not Ferrat, was the one supposed to fly to Dubrovnik with Ron Brown and who then backed out. – Aimee<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Timeless Gesture <\/em>(1994) by Rosamond Purcell <\/p>\n I thought I’d share the latest addition to The Library Eclectica:<\/p>\n Sleeping Beauty III: Memorial Photography: The Children<\/a> This is another collection of memorial photographs from the fabulous Burns Archive. \u00a0I have to say, though, my first impression regarding this book is rather negative. \u00a0I didn’t pay attention to the size of the book and assumed it would be a large 9″ x 12″ book like the previous collections Sleeping Beauty I and II. \u00a0(The dimensions of the above photograph on Amazon would suggest this as well.) \u00a0However, it’s a paltry 6″ x 6 3\/4″. \u00a0I’m not sure why it’s so small? \u00a0Is it because they’re children? \u00a0In any event, I’m still pretty annoyed by the high price ($43.75) combined with the small size.<\/p>\n Having said that, it’s another great collection of fascinating and very sad images. \u00a0It even includes a small section at the end for modern memorial photography, which only seems to cover stillborn babies or babies that die soon after birth, before a proper photograph could be taken of them while alive.<\/p>\n Although the deceased children are, of course, fascinating, for me the real poignancy of memorial photography comes with the stoic faces of the surviving parents and siblings. \u00a0Looking at these photos always puts my mind back into the 19th century, thinking of how tentative life was back then, with untreatable epidemics just a cough or a sip away. \u00a0Looking at the weary faces of some of the mothers, I can’t help but wonder how many times they went through this experience in their lives? \u00a0Entire families could be wiped out in a matter of days. \u00a0There’s so much that we take for granted in this age of modern medicine. \u00a0Sometimes it’s good to stop and reflect on the peace of mind that science has given us, and how if we’d been born a hundred years earlier, life would have been very, very different.<\/p>\n I’ll share some photos from the book every now and again. \u00a0Here’s the first one:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSubmitted by: Aimee<\/a><\/p>\nGhastly! – Syphilitic Edition<\/h3>\n
\nThis is a 19th century wax model, probably German, showing syphilitic leukoplakia (development of white, thickened patches) of the tongue. \u00a0Culled from:\u00a0M<\/a>\u00fc<\/a>tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0by Gretchen Worden.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nWretched Recommendations!<\/h3>\n
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