Last of the York picspam - including bubonic plague and threatening breakfast cereal...

[curiouswombat]

I really do think this is the last of the York picspam! I am hoping it all makes sense - you can blame typos etc on the fact that D-d and I just shared a bottle of wine over dinner! Hic!

There are a couple of pictures from the North Yorks Moors Railway, one is simply of a couple of gentlemen, taken from the station bridge in Pickering, who look like characters from Thomas the Tank Engine






And one of the historical metal advertising sign that caught our eyes - especially S2C and D-d, who both burst out laughing before I even noticed it -






Also - as you may know - York Minster is one of the greatest gothic cathedrals in the world. (With one of the world's best archbishops, IMHO!) This year some of the worn or broken carvings at the roof level are to be replaced by new carvings, as part of a conservation project, which includes training new craftsmen.

The new figures are currently on display before they are put into place - after which it is unlikely that many people will ever see them again.

In keeping with the original figures, these new ones represent illnesses and tribulations of medieval life -

Here are Toothache and Madness -



Backache -



Bubonic plague - see the buboes in the armpit and groin -



And finally the dreaded Plague Doctor -





The plague doctor seems a fitting place to finish - I will spend most of tomorrow gowned up and out in the community taking swabs from people suspected of having the Swine Flu...

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

But two days after onset is when they are coughing and spluttering and still have a temp! No wonder it is spreading through the UK like wildfire!

We are keeping people in their houses and away from work for the full seven days from first symptom, even if they get the Tamiflu.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I'm only going by what the symptom checker said!

My friend had it a week and has been signed off for another.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Actually, thinking about it, they might have been talking about the incubation period.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I think maybe the two days is in the 'how long have you had symptoms?' bit - if it is more than 48 hours then there is no point in taking the Tamiflu.