Dr. Carlina de la Cova 💀🕵
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Dr. Carlina de la Cova 💀🕵
@bonesholmes.bsky.social
Prof of anthropology at @uofsc.bsky.social and bioarchaeologist that studies the biological impact of marginalization,skeletal health disparities, medical history, & ethics. Trifles matter! History matters! Also a Sherlockian.
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Surgery on the eye for the removal of a cataract, late 19th century. During this period, cataract removal typically involved cutting a flap in the cornea and extracting the lens. #histmed #histsci
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Dr. Carlina de la Cova 💀🕵
A partial skeleton was unearthed in 1961 during excavations led by Hisashi Suzuki at Amud Cave, Israel. This individual lived sometime between 65,000 and 50,000 years ago. Anthropologists have classified the skeleton as a Neandertal.
January 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
And you could buy it over the counter.
In today's episode of "Your Victorian Pharmacist is Trying to Kill You"👇

Heroin was first synthesized in 1874. Bayer commercialized the drug & began mass producing it in 1898. The drug was promoted as a cough suppressant as well as a better and safer substitute for morphine and codeine.
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Most of y'all know I can be followed on facebook, but out of curiousity, as I re-negotiate this social media landscape, I'm curious to know why people actually follow me? Some of y'all I know why, but just curious.
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Hello there blue sky. Hello there all. It seems calm here...very calm....surely there's a catch......
a black and white drawing of a human skeleton standing on a beige background .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a human skeleton standing on a beige background .
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November 17, 2024 at 9:13 PM