Comments on: Galileo’s missing fingers and tooth found (probably) http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4023 History fetish? What history fetish? Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:13:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4023/comment-page-1#comment-39642 livius drusus Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:22:57 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4023#comment-39642 I was surprised the collector was so generous too. It would have been an easy thing for him to keep it hidden from the world like Gollum with a Precious. I was surprised the collector was so generous too. It would have been an easy thing for him to keep it hidden from the world like Gollum with a Precious.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4023/comment-page-1#comment-39641 livius drusus Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:18:19 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4023#comment-39641 Yeah, unfortunately papers often just carry the wire service story, which is vague and sometimes inaccurate. The AP, for instance, says the two missing fingers were thumb and middle, when they're actually thumb and index. The middle finger is the one in the picture, and it's been in the museum for 300 years. Yeah, unfortunately papers often just carry the wire service story, which is vague and sometimes inaccurate. The AP, for instance, says the two missing fingers were thumb and middle, when they’re actually thumb and index. The middle finger is the one in the picture, and it’s been in the museum for 300 years.

]]> By: Mr Lemming http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4023/comment-page-1#comment-39626 Mr Lemming Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:18:09 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4023#comment-39626 so cool so cool so cool. :boogie: I love, and never fail to cringe at, stories like this where somebody had the stuff without really understanding what they had and so sell it under some nondescript heading to somebody that actually researches it and makes good. Pretty nice of the person to donate the body parts, I was a bit surprised at that. Also, how friggin' macabre is that finger in a cup? Seriously. :lol: so cool so cool so cool. :boogie:
I love, and never fail to cringe at, stories like this where somebody had the stuff without really understanding what they had and so sell it under some nondescript heading to somebody that actually researches it and makes good. Pretty nice of the person to donate the body parts, I was a bit surprised at that.

Also, how friggin’ macabre is that finger in a cup? Seriously. :lol:

]]> By: Roy http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4023/comment-page-1#comment-39617 Roy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:27:54 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4023#comment-39617 At least some more info on this than what the newspapers over here are telling (in most cases they don't even bother reporting). At least some more info on this than what the newspapers over here are telling (in most cases they don’t even bother reporting).

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