Red Lead & Choler­ic Humours

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In the days when I worked at Hamp­ton Court I got to go to quite a few of their special events. They had a roster of actors who could portray the vari­ous monarchs who had lived at the palace (and two Henry VIIIs) and would do special days with re-enact­ments based on vari­ous time peri­ods or themes. On one of the days they had a day based on science in the time of Charles II. I found some photos when I was tidy­ing up the computer the other day.

alchemy 1

They had an alchemy show with Charles II in (the dark haired man).

alchemy 2

The show included a satis­fy­ing number of explo­sions.

leech

I also met a leech-breed­er, who gave a talk about past and current uses of leeches in medi­cine. I declined to have a go hold­ing a leech.

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