Quigley's Cabinet

Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Darwin's drawers

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Not to be confused with Vickie's knickers , the title here refers to a remarkable rediscovery of antique slides prepared by botanist Jos...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A second look at Wallace's cabinet

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Cabinet of Alfred Russel Wallace

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The title of my blog references cabinets of curiosity , which have been assembled - first in entire rooms and then in pieces of furniture - ...

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Quigley's Cabinet: Chris Quigley has been reviewing morbid books since receiving an MA in 2007 from Georgetown University, where she has worked since 1986. As of June 2009, she is on long-term disability leave. She delivered the keynote address at the first Museum of Funeral Customs symposium (Springfield, Illinois), consulted with the producers of the National Geographic Channel’s Mummy Road Show, and authored 6 morbid books of her own - Death Dictionary, The Corpse, Modern Mummies, Skulls and Skeletons, Conjoined Twins, and Dissection on Display - all published by McFarland & Co.

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