May 17, 2009: Pregnant Dolls
Pink Tentacle posted pictures of these pregnant dolls from Japan's Edo period.
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These apparently got a lot of use and were handled extensively, so considering their age, they must be made of wood and/or fired clay then painted. |
I assume these were for demonstrating and explaining pregnancy to patients or medical students back in the days when male doctors didn't touch female patients much?
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It's hard to get a sense of scale, but I look at the first one and see a toy. Barbie once had a pregnant friend, but it got enough complaints (even though the character was "married," husband sold separately) that it was pulled from shelves.
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As a child I had the "Visible Man" and the "Visible Woman", and the "Visible Woman" came with a pregnant belly, uterus, and fetus.
Oh right here: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/pro...le-woman-model |
The Hasegawa models are very cool.
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Why not both at the same time??
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Considering the craftsmanship that went into these "dolls" I would think they would get all the mileage they could out of them.
Hey:idea:, maybe they lowered their health care costs by charging admission to the "sideshows" and using the money to make medical teaching aids. |
Why no recipes? I have visited this site for 2 years and am now a member.
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Welcome to the Cellar, scottman. :D
Now you're part of the family, where in hell is your recipe? :haha: |
One thing for sure. We're gonna need some type of liquid for the recipe, as there is no embryonic fluid.
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Thomas Jefferson's scottsman fricasee
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3 pounds scottsman pieces 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika 3 tablespoons all purpose flour 2 cups water 1 cup dry wine 3 tablespoons butter 1 onion, chopped 2 cups fresh small mushrooms 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 cup half and half cream Hot Cooked Rice Turn this recipe into a puzzle! [click] Directions: Wash and dry the scottsman pieces. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, nutmeg and paprika. Brown the scottsman in hot oil over high heat in a Dutch oven; remove the scottsman when well browned. Reduce heat to medium, add flour, and cook the flour until lightly browned, stirring constantly. Whisk in 2 cups of water, 1 cup of wine until smooth. Return the scottsman to the Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook 50 minutes. Remove scottsman , keeping warm, reserve broth in large container. Broth may be strained to remove particles. Melt butter in Dutch oven, over medium high heat, add onion, cook until lightly browned. Add mushrooms, sage and parsley. Add broth, and scottsman. Cook over medium heat, stirring until thoroughly heated. Served over rice. This recipe from CDKitchen for Thomas Jefferson`s scottsman Fricassee serves/makes 6 |
The Mystery Man came over, and said "I'm outta sight!!" And said, for a nominal service charge, we'll be eating some young veal tonight!! Well, I was ready, willin' n' able, to afford him his nominal fee, till he he told me right then and right there, they'd be boiled-up in fresh baby pee............((this one is for xobruce & lumberjim, though you don't know me yet))(capt'nhowdy may find my humor to his likin') Ifnot, folks, I,ll go away..............
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