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Prayer nuts are small spherical wooden objects that can be opened to reveal remarkably ornate relief carvings of biblical events. Prayer nuts were a luxury for pious and wealthy Northern Europeans during the 16th century. The objects are now rare and reside in a few museums around the world
Skeletal specimens of wounded hands of Civil War soldiers. This is located at the National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Feeding of lice on the upper part of leg: Cages with typhus carrying lice strapped onto a person’s thigh. During World War II, feeding the lice with human subjects’ blood was the only way to produce a viable typhus vaccine. (Source)
The 100-year-old skates are a rare example of Road Rollers, which were hugely popular with London businessmen in Victorian times. From British museum, 2010.
Maud Wagner, the first well-known female tattoo artist in the United States, 1907.