Jack the Ripper – Butcher or Surgeon? — DRACULA FOR DOCTORS

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19th Century Surgical Instruments: Wellcome Collection Dr Lyttelton Forbes Winslow continued his considerations on the identity of Jack the Ripper in his ‘Recollections’ (1910): After the fifth and sixth murders, however, I changed my views. The exact similarity in the method of murder and the horrible evisceration of the body showed too much of a […]

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Science lesson at the Rat’s academy…

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“The Professor emitted a series of squeaks and six paws shot into the air, each little rat trying to reach the highest. Professor Rodoric tapped a small grey eared rat on the shoulder. He clapped his little paws together and rolled up a sleeve, whiskers trembling with excitement.

The grey eared rat plunged his paw into the liquid then removed it from the mixture shaking droplets back into the bowl. His paw had vanished.”

Calorean Concepts #1

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Seebling babies do not have unity symbols on their palms, but as they grow to adulthood symbols emerge. The colour of the symbol determines the tribe from which their life partner will come and the shape of the symbol will be identical to that of their future partner. When they discover a Seebling with an identical symbol, they will eventually unite.

 

“Skyle uncurled her hand. The green fern was well established and sat clearly in the centre of her palm”

Green fern

 

Calorean Bestiary (1)

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Mushmers

The behaviour of fungi in Calorean varies from village to village.  In the dwarf realm and in Skyle’s village, fungi grows in the ground.  But the fungi in Beau’s village of Lochnar Common moves around freely.

“Skyle felt something move against her leg & looked down to see a collection of tawny coloured mushmers milling around near an old log”

Mushrooms