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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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Platform pumps

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American actress, singer, playwright, and screenwriter Mae West ( 1893-1980 ) was very cognizant of her appearance. While her attention-g...

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Napoleon's hat

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In the 1801 painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps” ( IMAGE HERE ), Jacques Louis David depicts the French emperor in his trademark bic...

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Slaves to fashion

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While today's fashionistas continue to risk their health balancing on high heels and slimming their waists with corsets , Victorians ...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Egyptian extensions

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In the ancient city once established as the capital of Egypt by the pharaoh Akhenaten during his reign ca. 1353-1335 B.C.E., archaeologis...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Flaws by jaws and claws

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The Kamine Zoo in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, has introduced a new program, not necessarily for the enrichment of the animals but...

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Prototypical pants

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Behold the world's oldest pair of pants ! They were found in the Tarim Basin in western China in the tombs of 2 nomadic herders. Ar...

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Runway roadkill

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Montana may become the latest state to legalize eating roadkill , but there is another use for animals that have been killed by cars. Wea...

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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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