At the Old Barracks, we obtained some faux leeches from a woman in England
(can't remember her name), and then some from a bait and tackle shop among
the lures. When kept in a glass jar of water, some algae eventually collects
on them and they really look creepy and real. Fortunately, as we present our
program to thousands of schoolkids at this time of year, we only have time
to get through the smallpox part of our presentation which produces enough
wobbly knees. If we had to deploy our "pets" we'd have to obtain more
chamber pots as our young guests would be "casting up" left and right.
Thank you, Karen, for your generous endorsement.
Cheers,
Rich Patterson
Executive Director
Old Barracks Museum
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Reeds [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:45 AM
To: Museum discussion list
Subject: Re: A strange question for the end of the week.....leeches
Leeches are an important part of the excellent re-enactments of smallpox
inoculation at the Old Barracks museum in Trenton, New Jersey
http://www.barracks.org/ The Old Barracks was built by the British army
during the French-Indian Wars and used as a hospital by both the British
and American armies at various times during the American Revolution. You can
reach the re-enactors/educators at [log in to unmask]
Be sure to tell your audiences about the anticoagulant peptide, hirudin,
that is derived from the medicinal leech. Fascinating piece of biomedical
research!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudin
Karen
5/17/2012
>The Apothecary Shop at Colonial Williamsburg has been exhibiting and
>discussing the medicinal use of leaches for years.
>
><http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm>http://www.hi
>story.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm
>
>Cheers!
>Dave
>
>David Harvey
>Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant Los Angeles CA
>
>On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Barbara Hass
><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>It's fun to see what can be found on the web!!!
>
><http://www.leeches.biz/>http://www.leeches.biz/ ---
>a source for real leaches and an interesting article
>
>someone has asked this question in the past -- so not so strange!
>this site has several suggestions
><http://ask.metafilter.com/166255/Please-help-me-makefind-fake-leeches>
>http://ask.metafilter.com/166255/Please-help-me-makefind-fake-leeches
>
>Cabellas - sports shop has lures for sale
><http://www.cabelas.com/leeches.shtml>http://www.cabelas.com/leeches.sh
>tml
>
> Best wishes, Barbara, retired librarian
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Westwood Leeanne
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>Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 8:48 am
>Subject: [MUSEUM-L] A strange question for the end of the week.....
>
>Apologies for cross posting
>
>My colleagues in our education department are planning some sessions
>around the theme of medicine. Does anyone out there have experience of
>using real leaches in their education sessions? Or has anyone seen them
>being used somewhere else?
>
>Can anyone recommend suppliers of realistic fake leaches?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Leeanne Westwood | Museum Curator, Heritage Services Valence House
>Museum | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Becontree Avenue |
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