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Compost Heap Safari #1:
I started a compost heap in Spring. On Saturday I discovered that lesser earwigs have already found their way into it. Tiny & rarely seen relatives of the ubiquitous common earwig, this 5.5mm (excluding forceps) female is a typical size. They live in heaps of decaying organic matter which produce heat (manure heaps are another favoured habitat) hence why they are so rarely seen. But they evidently find the windfall apples in my compost heap irresistible, making them quite easy to find!
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For extended examination, or photography, the turning of a supine snail needs to be prolonged. This can be sometimes done by holding the spire with forceps, but success varies between species and individuals. For example, Peringia ulvae may extend quickly, Littorina littorea is often slow to emerge and retreats at the slightest movement of the forceps, and Nucella lapillus may stay withdrawn for days if it has fed recently.
Other methods of restraint are needed for reluctant extenders. Small species, like P. ulvae, can be held for longer by pushing the spire into a prepared hole in the edge of a small piece of plasticine about 5mm thick. This leaves both hands free for operation of equipment, and allows one to do something else while waiting for the animal to extend. The effort exerted by the animal against the restraint produces an exposure of much more of the body than during a normal turn. Many can shift a piece of plasticine many times their own size, so weigh it down with a piece of lead. Often, after a few minutes, the snail manages to pull itself free, so check frequently for movement. For photography, avoid brightly coloured plasticine as it may reflect unwanted colour onto the specimen.
Full article of Anatomy of marine gastropods without dissection. below image 2 flic.kr/p/P7dYNq
2ª Consulta
Data: 12/05/2010
Alessandra Souza (eu) e Priscilla Lopes
Prof. Marcelo
_______________________________________
Região: Hemi-arcada inferior direita
Can u belive i did this :) ? Ohh i love my job!
Procedures:
-Removal of the remaining roots and teeths.
-Alveoloplasty & gingivectomy
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2ª Consulta
Data: 12/05/2010
Alessandra Souza (eu) e Priscilla Lopes
Prof. Marcelo
_______________________________________
Região: Hemi-arcada inferior direita
Técnica anestésica: -Anestesia infiltrativa (nn alveolar médio e posterior) - -localizada em cada dente
-Anestesia N. Mentual
-Trígono retromolar
Anestésico: Mepivacaína com vaso [6 1/2 tubetes]
Procedimento: Remoção das raízes remanescentes e dentes perdidos, sem forceps, só com alavancas.
Instrumentos: cj alavancas e elevadores (apenas luxando com as alavancas), sindesmótomo e alveolótomo. Fio de sutura nª04.
***Sem nenhum forceps***
Técnica anestésica: -Anestesia infiltrativa (nn alveolar médio e posterior) - -localizada em cada dente
-Anestesia N. Mentual
-Trígono retromolar
Anestésico: Mepivacaína com vaso [6 1/2 tubetes]
Procedimento: Remoção das raízes remanescentes e dentes perdidos, sem forceps, só com alavancas.
Instrumentos: cj alavancas e elevadores (apenas luxando com as alavancas), sindesmótomo e alveolótomo. Fio de sutura nª04.
***Sem nenhum forceps***
Approx 6mm long excl forceps / 7mm incl forceps. Note the large mite & many smaller mites. This species seems particularly lousy. I'm not sure how injurious these mites are - they seem to graze tracks through the surface hairs & are suspects in a couple of earwigs I've seen with missing wings.
Garden compost heap
1: oral tentacle. 2: channel linking cerata. 3: buccal mass. 4: stomach. 5: ovotestis. 6: anal tract. 7: tip of foot.
Internal organs can sometimes be seen in gastropods with semi-transparent bodies.
Anatomy of marine gastropods without dissection. Ian F. Smith
Revision (2016) of article in Mollusc World 28: 13 to 15, March 2012, Conch. Soc. GB & Ireland.
PDF version available for download at www.researchgate.net/publication/310467378_Anatomy_of_mar...
Glossary below
Much anatomy can be observed on molluscs lacking external shells 1GA flic.kr/p/PgD7i7 , and internal organs can sometimes be seen in those with semi-transparent bodies 2GA flic.kr/p/P7dYNq .
But the shell of a sea snail usually conceals most of the soft body, and only parts of the foot, head and siphon are seen when the animal is active 3GA flic.kr/p/P9HhqF .
Improved views of the sole of the foot and underside of the head can be obtained when small snails crawl on the undersurface of the water 4GA flic.kr/p/P7dWMS . Others can be observed by placing them in a submerged plastic petri dish with holes drilled near the edge. When they have a grip, invert the petri dish, letting any air escape from the holes 5GA flic.kr/p/P7dWMb . A small weight may be needed to hold the dish down. Alternatively, use a microscope slide or, for larger specimens, a submerged sheet of glass held up on supports. Species adapted to crawling on sand, such as Tritia reticulata, often have a weak grip when on inverted glass, and adults of large species, such as Buccinum undatum may be unable to support their weight. In such cases, try smaller specimens.
Much more of a snail can be observed if it is induced to extend fully. The simplest method is to place the shell in water with its aperture facing up. A brief glimpse of behind the head, where the penis is usually located on males, may be had as the snail stretches out to grip the substrate and turn the shell 6GA flic.kr/p/PgD3U3 . The form of the penis is often important in differentiating species, but the exposure may be too brief for the necessary detail to be studied. For longer examination, or photography, the turning of the snail needs to be prolonged. This can be sometimes done by holding the spire with forceps, but success varies between species and individuals. For example, Peringia ulvae may extend quickly, Littorina littorea is often slow to emerge and retreats at the slightest movement of the forceps, and Nucella lapillus may stay withdrawn for days if it has fed recently.
Other methods of restraint are needed for reluctant extenders. Small species, like P. ulvae, can be held for longer by pushing the spire into a prepared hole in the edge of a small piece of plasticine about 5mm thick. This leaves both hands free for operation of equipment, and allows one to do something else while waiting for the animal to extend. The effort exerted by the animal against the restraint produces an exposure of much more of the body than during a normal turn 7GA flic.kr/p/PjNi3M . Many can shift a piece of plasticine many times their own size, so weigh it down with a piece of lead. Often, after a few minutes, the snail manages to pull itself free, so check frequently for movement. For photography, avoid brightly coloured plasticine as it may reflect unwanted colour onto the specimen.
Larger species, especially those with short spires, cannot be held by plasticine. Instead, they can be gripped in all-plastic clothes pegs (metal parts rust). To prevent the peg from floating and the snail from moving it, place a piece of lead on it 8GA flic.kr/p/PjNhVc . For photography, paint coloured pegs with black bituminous paint to avoid colour reflections. As individuals of the same species often vary in their willingness to extend, it is advisable to restrain several simultaneously to increase the chance of seeing an example of each sex. Collecting eight mature specimens in the breeding season will make it virtually certain that you have males and females if the sexes are equally frequent.
With patience, well directed lighting and luck, good views or macro-photographs will be had of the head, tentacles and, within the mantle cavity, the ctenidium, anus, and penis or oviduct opening and ovipositor. When the epithelium is thin and translucent, some internal organs may also be discerned, such as the radular sac and odontophore. 9GA flic.kr/p/PjNg5P . 10GA flic.kr/p/P7dU4q . 11GA flic.kr/p/PgD19U . 12GA flic.kr/p/P9Hc4i .
The above techniques will assist examination under a dissecting microscope or hand magnifier, but vibration or shadow movement may cause timid species to withdraw. Best results are often obtained by photographing the extended animal with a digital SLR camera and well directed flash, and subsequently viewing the magnified images on the screen of a computer.
Live examination cannot replace skilled detailed dissection of internal anatomy, but for those who lack the skill, equipment or inclination to dissect, it can provide much interest and information. For studying external anatomy, live examination sometimes has the advantage as the positions of organs on a dissected animal depend on the way the mantle cavity is opened, and they may be collapsed or contracted, even when the animal was narcotised and relaxed before killing. On live animals the organs are in more predictable positions and more likely to be expanded . Graham, (1988), writing of Nucella lapillus, states, “The head is a flat transverse ridge...Each tentacle has an eye about one third of its length up from the base”. This description may be based on collapsed dead material as all live specimens that I have examined had the eye about two thirds of the way up the fully expanded tentacle, and the head was not flat 13GA flic.kr/p/P9HbaV .
References
Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1845-1855. A monograph of the British nudibranchiate mollusca. Ray Society, London.
Fretter, V. and Graham, A. 1962. British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology. Ray Society, London. (Has index of species.)
Fretter, V. and Graham, A. 1994. British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology. Revised edition. Ray Society, London. (Much new material but lacks index of species.)
Graham, A. 1988. Molluscs: prosobranch and pyramidellid gastropods: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Brill & Backhuys, for Linn. Soc. Lond. & Estuarine and Brackish-water Sciences Assoc. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) no.2. Edition 2 (662pages). Leiden. (Edition 1 of series, 1971, 112 pages, is no substitute.)
Thompson, T.E. 1976. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs 1. Ray Society, London.
Equipment Source
Ecoforce clothes pegs; use search on Ebay www.ebay.co.uk/
Glossary, including abbreviations
1GA, 2GA etc = numbers of images in Gastropod Anatomy Album.
aperture = mouth of gastropod shell; outlet for head and foot.
buccal mass = anterior of digestive system including an odontophore that supports anterior of radula, and a complex of muscles to operate them and other mouthparts. Often red or pink from myoglobin.
chemoreception = sensing of chemicals; “smell / taste”.
chitin = semitransparent flexible horny protein.
chitinous = (adj.) made of chitin.
ctenidium (pl. ctenidia) = comb-like molluscan gill; usually an axis with a row of filaments either side.
hypobranchial gland = thickened, sometimes puckered, tissue on roof of mantle cavity of many gastropods. Secretes mucous to trap and consolidate particles from inhalent water before expulsion in exhalent current. Often other biologically active compounds produced. Gland occurs also in some bivalves and cephalopods (ink sac).
mantle = sheet of tissue covering visceral mass of molluscs. Secretes shell of shelled species, and forms part or all of dorsal body surface (notum) of those without shells.
mantle skirt = extension on gastropods of mantle proper as a flap roofing a cavity containing gills, genital and renal openings, anus etc.
myoglobin = red oxygen-binding protein in muscle tissue; often in buccal-mass muscles of gastropods. Similar to red haemoglobin in vertebrate blood, but green haemocyanin is usual oxygen-carrier in mollusc blood. See www.researchgate.net/publication/251227038_Radular_myoglo...
odontophore = firm, approximately ellipsoid, structure of cartilage supporting radula. Protruded like a tongue to operate radula. Usually reddish from myoglobin, and medially grooved.
opercular disc = part of foot that growing operculum rests on.
opercular lobe = extension of opercular disc beyond edge of operculum.
operculum = plate of horny conchiolin, rarely calcareous, used to close shell aperture.
ovotestis = hermaphrodite organ serving as both ovary and testis.
oviduct = internal tube to carry ova from ovary to the exterior.
ovipositor = structure used in depositing spawn.
radula = ribbon of chitin bearing chitinous teeth (sometimes mineralized) that is extruded on a tongue-like odontophore of cartilage to rasp food. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radula
radular sac = tube, ending in a caecum, where radula is created and stored.
rhinophore = chemo-receptor tentacle; nudibranch sea slugs have a pair on top of head.
siphon = extension of mantle to form a channel for respiratory water current.
siphonal canal = grooved or tubular extension of outer lip of the shell aperture on some snails, to support the siphon.
veil = flat anterior extension of head.
Herons are incredibly patient creatures. They will stand still and wait for fish to swim within striking distance, and when one does, the bird swiftly uses its beak to grab the fish, like a pair of forceps—swallowing it whole.
This patience lends itself to such long exposure shots. The long exposure smoothens the waves, making the bird stand out as it has. ISO100, f22, 30s with a couple of rangers ND filters
Approx 7mm overall incl forceps. This (like the male) is quite a dark individual. Note again the mites on head, legs & forceps.
Garden compost heap.
Well a scene from one of the viewpoints at Claremont Gardens looking out over the lake . To get this shot you are obliged to shoot straight into the sun at this time of day . Behind me here at the lookout point is a memorial to Princess Charlotte ( see text via the link ) . She is buried in St. George's Chapel Windsor with her stillborn son .
The physician attending the birth Dr. Croft never recovered from the catastrophe at Claremont. Abandoned by patients, shunned by colleagues and criticised in the newspapers and medical press, he grew increasingly despondent. His decision not to use forceps to assist the Princess undoubtedly weighed on his mind. On 13 February 1818 while attending another difficult birth, Croft found a gun and shot himself - adding a third death to the double loss of Princess Charlotte and her child.
Another top find at our recent Eardington Quarry nature reserve visit. This is only the second site record for this species in Shropshire, and first since 1997. It was beaten from Scots pine whilst we waited for it to get dark enough to turn on the moth traps.
Distinguished from the ubiquitous common earwig (F. auricularia) by its smaller size (this female was about 8mm long excluding forceps), overall bright chestnut colour & complete lack of wings.
At the very northern limit of its British range in Shropshire, this record equals (at 10km resolution) its most northerly inland record. The first time I have seen this species.
THE TEMPLE OF KOM OMBO is an unusual double temple constructed during the Ptolemaic period, which lasted from 108 to 47 BC. The ancient Egyptian place of worship features a unique engraving that is thought to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
The relief showing the medical tools is among the most intriguing features of the temple. It can be found in the building’s rear, in the passageway that surrounds the main area. The depicted surgical instruments include scalpels, curettes, forceps, specula, scissors, medicine bottles, and prescriptions. The image is completed with two goddesses sitting on birthing chairs. At the time the relief was carved, Egyptian medical science was almost certainly the most advanced in the world.
A nymph ('wiglet'), 3.3mm long (excl forceps). Assuming that this species has four nymphal instars, this looks like a third instar to me. Note the reddish tinge to the mandibles & forceps is already beginning to appear.
Garden compost heap.
Can u belive i did this :) ? Ohh i love my job!
Procedures:
-Removal of the remaining roots and teeths.
-Alveoloplasty & gingivectomy
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2ª Consulta
Data: 12/05/2010
Alessandra Souza (eu) e Priscilla Lopes
Prof. Marcelo
_______________________________________
Região: Hemi-arcada inferior direita
Técnica anestésica: -Anestesia infiltrativa (nn alveolar médio e posterior) - -localizada em cada dente
-Anestesia N. Mentual
-Trígono retromolar
Anestésico: Mepivacaína com vaso [6 1/2 tubetes]
Procedimento: Remoção das raízes remanescentes e dentes perdidos, sem forceps, só com alavancas.
Instrumentos: cj alavancas e elevadores (apenas luxando com as alavancas), sindesmótomo e alveolótomo. Fio de sutura nª04.
***Sem nenhum forceps***
Del griego onyx -ikos, uña y gomphos, -ou, clavo.
Del latín forcipatus , -a , -um = armado con pinzas
[ fórceps = pinzas] por la forma de los apéndices masculinos
Mother and baby doing great!!!
What a night. At every stage we almost ended up with a C section. Alison was taken into theater after pushing for so long as he just wouldn't come out. Alfie had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and had to be pulled out with forceps. But he is doing fine. And with us after 31 hours in hospital and a very traumatic night. We don't know the weight yet but every one says he looks like his dad. Oh well.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kom_Ombo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty
The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.
Architecture
The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world with Hathor and Khonsu. Meanwhile, the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret (the Good Sister, a special form of Hathor or Tefnet/Tefnut) and Panebtawy (Lord of the Two Lands)". The temple is atypical because everything is perfectly symmetrical along the main axis.
Decorations
The texts and reliefs in the temple refer to cultic liturgies which were similar to those from that time period. The temple itself had a specific theology. The characters invoked the gods of Kom Ombo and their legend. Two themes were present in this temple: the universalist theme and the local theme. The two combine to form the theology of this temple. A temple was already built in the New Kingdom to honor these gods, however, this site gained in importance during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Little remains of the New Kingdom temple. The existing temple was begun by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180–145 BC) at the beginning of his reign and added to by other Ptolemies, most notably Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (51–47 BC), who built the inner and outer hypostyles. The scene on the inner face of the rear wall of the temple is of particular interest, and "probably represents a set of surgical instruments".
Current state
Much of the temple has been destroyed by the Nile, earthquakes, and later builders who used its stones for other projects. Some of the reliefs inside were defaced by Copts, who once used the temple as a church. All the temples buildings in the southern part of the plateau were cleared of debris and restored by Jacques de Morgan in 1893.
Crocodile Museum
A few of the three hundred crocodile mummies discovered in the vicinity are displayed in The Crocodile Museum.
In April 2018, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of the head of the bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius during work to protect the site from groundwater.
In September 2018, the Egyptian antiquities ministry announced that a sandstone sphinx statue had been discovered at the temple. The statue, measuring approximately 28 cm (11 in) in width and 38 cm (15 in) in height, likely dates to the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: كوم أمبو; Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲃⲱ əmbō or ⲛ̄ⲃⲱ ənbō; Ancient Greek: Ὄμβοι Omboi or Ὄμβος Ombos; or Latin: Ambo and Ombi is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo. It was originally an Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the city north of Naqada that was also called Nubt/Ombos). Nubt is also known as Nubet or Nubyt (Nbyt). It became a Greek settlement during the Greco-Roman Period. The town's location on the Nile, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Aswan (Syene), gave it some control over trade routes from Nubia to the Nile Valley, but its main rise to prominence came with the erection of the Temple of Kom Ombo in the 2nd century BC.
History
In antiquity the city was in the Thebaid, the capital of the Nomos Ombites, on the east bank of the Nile; latitude 24° 6' north. Ombos was a garrison town under every dynasty of Egypt as well as the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt, and was celebrated for the magnificence of its temples and its hereditary feud with the people of Dendera.
Ombos was the first city below Aswan at which any remarkable remains of antiquity occur. The Nile, indeed, at this portion of its course, was ill-suited to a dense population in antiquity. It runs between steep and narrow banks of sandstone, and deposits but little of its fertilizing slime upon the dreary and barren shores. There are two temples at Ombos, constructed of the stone obtained from the neighboring quarries of Hagar Silsilah.
The more magnificent of two stands upon the top of a sandy hill, and appears to have been a species of Pantheon, since, according to extant inscriptions, it was dedicated to Haroeris and the other deities of the Ombite nome by the soldiers quartered there. The smaller temple to the northwest was sacred to the goddess Isis. Both, indeed, are of an imposing architecture, and still retain the brilliant colors with which their builders adorned them. However, they are from the Ptolemaic Kingdom, with the exception of a doorway of sandstone, built into a wall of brick. This was part of a temple built by Thutmose III in honor of the crocodile-headed god Sobek. The monarch is represented on tress, the doorjambs, holding the measuring reed and chisel, the emblems of construction, and in the act of dedicating the temple.
The Ptolemaic portions of the larger temple present an exception to an almost universal rule in Egyptian architecture. It has no propylon or dromos in front of it, and the portico has an uneven number of columns, in all fifteen, arranged in a triple row. Of these columns, thirteen are still erect. As there are two principal entrances, the temple would seem to be two united in one, strengthening the supposition that it was the Pantheon of the Ombite nome. On a cornice above the doorway of one of the adyta, there is a Greek inscription, recording the erection, or perhaps the restoration of the sekos by Ptolemy VI Philometor and his sister-wife Cleopatra II, 180-145 BCE. The hill on which the Ombite temples stand has been considerably excavated at its base by the river, which here strongly inclines to the Arabian bank.
The crocodile was held in especial honor by the people of Ombos; and in the adjacent catacombs are occasionally found mummies of the sacred animal. Juvenal, in his 15th satire, has given a lively description of a fight, of which he was an eye-witness, between the Ombitae and the inhabitants of Dendera, who were hunters of the crocodile. On this occasion the men of Ombos had the worst of it; and one of their number, having stumbled in his flight, was caught and eaten by the Denderites. The satirist, however, has represented Ombos as nearer to Dendera than it actually is, these towns, in fact, being nearly 100 miles (160 km) from each other. The Roman coins of the Ombite nome exhibit the crocodile and the effigy of the crocodile-headed god Sobek.
In Kom Ombo there is a rare engraved image of what is thought to be the first representation of medical instruments for performing surgery, including scalpels, curettes, forceps, dilator, scissors and medicine bottles dating from the days of Roman Egypt.
At this site there is another Nilometer used to measure the level of the river waters. On the opposite side of the Nile was a suburb of Ombos, called Contra-Ombos.
The city was the seat of a bishop during Late Antiquity. Two bishops of Omboi are known by name, Silbanos (before 402) and Verses (402). Under the name Ombi, it is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Karol Wojtyła (the future Pope John Paul II) was titular bishop of Ombi from 1958 until 1963, when he was appointed Archbishop of Kraków.
Today
Today, irrigated sugarcane and cereal account for most of the agricultural industry.
Most of the 60,000 villagers are native Egyptians, although there is a large population of Nubians, including many Magyarabs who were displaced from their land upon the creation of Lake Nasser.
In 2010, plans to construct a new $700m 100 MW (130,000 hp) solar power plant near the city were unveiled by the Egyptian government.
The Ptolemaic dynasty (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidae; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Reigning for 275 years, the Ptolemaic was the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt from 305 until its incorporation into the Roman Republic in 30 BC.
Ptolemy, one of the seven somatophylakes (bodyguard companions), a general and possible half-brother of Alexander the Great, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC. In 305 BC he declared himself Pharaoh Ptolemy I, later known as Sōter "Saviour". The Egyptians soon accepted the Ptolemies as the successors to the pharaohs of independent Egypt. Ptolemy's family ruled Egypt until the Roman conquest of 30 BC.
Like the earlier dynasties of ancient Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty practiced inbreeding including sibling marriage, but this did not start in earnest until nearly a century into the dynasty's history. All the male rulers of the dynasty took the name Ptolemy, while queens regnant were all called Cleopatra, Arsinoe or Berenice. The most famous member of the line was the last queen, Cleopatra VII, known for her role in the Roman political battles between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and later between Octavian and Mark Antony. Her apparent suicide after the Roman conquest of Egypt marked the end of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt.
Ptolemaic rulers and consorts
Ptolemy I Soter was the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and the first ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Ptolemy I Soter (303–282 BC)[8] married first Thaïs, then Artakama, then Eurydice, and finally Berenice I
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC)[9] married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II; ruled jointly with Ptolemy Epigonos (267–259 BC)
Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BC) married Berenice II
Ptolemy IV Philopator (221–203 BC) married Arsinoe III
Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203–181 BC) married Cleopatra I Syra
Ptolemy VI Philometor (181–164 BC, 163–145 BC) married Cleopatra II, briefly ruled jointly with Ptolemy Eupator in 152 BC
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (possibly never reigned)
Ptolemy VIII Physcon (170–163 BC, 145–116 BC) married Cleopatra II, then Cleopatra III; temporarily expelled from Alexandria by Cleopatra II from 131 to 127 BC, then reconciled with her in 124 BC.
Cleopatra II Philometora Soteira (131–127 BC), in opposition to Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy Apion (c.120-96 BC), son of Ptolemy VIII. Last Ptolemaic king of Cyrene.
Cleopatra III Philometor Soteira Dikaiosyne Nikephoros (Kokke) (116–101 BC) ruled jointly with Ptolemy IX Lathyros (116–107 BC) and Ptolemy X Alexander I (107–101 BC)
Ptolemy IX Lathyros (116–107 BC, 88–81 BC as Soter II) married Cleopatra IV, then Cleopatra Selene; ruled jointly with Cleopatra III in his first reign
Ptolemy X Alexander I (107–88 BC) married Cleopatra Selene, then Berenice III; ruled jointly with Cleopatra III till 101 BC
Berenice III Philopator (81–80 BC)
Ptolemy XI Alexander II (80 BC) married and ruled jointly with Berenice III before murdering her; ruled alone for 19 days after that.
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) (80–58 BC, 55–51 BC) married Cleopatra V Tryphaena
Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (58–57 BC) ruled jointly with Berenice IV Epiphaneia (58–55 BC), possibly identical with Cleopatra V Tryphaena
Cleopatra ("Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator", 51–30 BC) ruled jointly with Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (51–47 BC), Ptolemy XIV (47–44 BC) and Ptolemy XV Caesarion (44–30 BC).
Arsinoe IV (48–47 BC), in opposition to Cleopatra
Ptolemy of Mauretania (13 or 9 BC–AD 40) Client king and ruler of Mauretania for Rome
Other notable members of the Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy Keraunos (died 279 BC) – eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter. Eventually became king of Macedonia.
Ptolemy Apion (died 96 BC) – son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon. Made king of Cyrenaica. Bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome.
Ptolemy Philadelphus (born 36 BC) – son of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
Ptolemy of Mauretania (died 40 AD) – son of King Juba II of Numidia and Mauretania and Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. King of Mauretania.
Ptolemy II of Telmessos, grandson of Ptolemy Epigonos, flourished second half of 3rd century BC and first half of 2nd century BC
Ptolemy of Cyprus, king of Cyprus c. 80–58 BC, younger brother of Ptolemy XII Auletes
Health
Continuing the tradition established by previous Egyptian dynasties, the Ptolemies engaged in inbreeding including sibling marriage, with many of the pharaohs being married to their siblings and often co-ruling with them. Ptolemy I and other early rulers of the dynasty were not married to their relatives, the childless marriage of siblings Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II being an exception. The first child-producing incestuous marriage in the Ptolemaic dynasty was that of Ptolemy IV and Arsinoe III, who were succeeded as co-pharaohs by their son Ptolemy V, born 210 BC. The most well-known Ptolemaic pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, was at different times married to and ruled with two of her brothers (Ptolemy XIII until 47 BC and then Ptolemy XIV until 44 BC), and their parents were also likely to have been siblings or possibly cousins.
Contemporaries describe a number of the Ptolemaic dynasty members as extremely obese, while sculptures and coins reveal prominent eyes and swollen necks. Familial Graves' disease could explain the swollen necks and eye prominence (exophthalmos), although this is unlikely to occur in the presence of morbid obesity. This is all likely due to inbreeding depression. In view of the familial nature of these findings, members of the Ptolemaic dynasty are likely to have suffered from a multi-organ fibrotic condition such as Erdheim–Chester disease, or a familial multifocal fibrosclerosis where thyroiditis, obesity and ocular proptosis may have all occurred concurrently.
Dates in brackets on the Cup of the Ptolemies represent the regnal dates of the Ptolemaic pharaohs. They frequently ruled jointly with their wives, who were often also their sisters, aunts or cousins. Several queens exercised regal authority. Of these, one of the last and most famous was Cleopatra ("Cleopatra VII Philopator", 51–30 BC), with her two brothers and her son serving as successive nominal co-rulers. Several systems exist for numbering the later rulers; the one used here is the one most widely employed by modern scholars.
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Oh dear. In explore... Never gonna live this down ;-)
HPPT everyone
This defies description, but nevertheless. I hate doing SPs so this is a first and probably a last. Tony Eccles you have a lot to answer for..you set the bar high and I know this is not even in the same league as some of your bathtime antics....
Anyhoo, the "makeover" bit: bear with me..
So one day Little Miss Photocillin, my younger and scarily fashion-conscious 9 year old daughter announces that she wishes to have her faux dalmation pattern coat dyed pink as two of her friends have the same coat, which just won't do at all.
Into the machine goes the coat and like the Fly in the eponymous film so do my pants by accident.
Irony upon irony the dalmation coat took up none of the pink dye as for my pants....
If this offends you (and it probably should)...take me to the mittens NOW! arrrgh!!
click in case of no comments or stunned embarrassed silence .... tumbleweed attack
Just the day after one of those busy weekend at work we decided to head East for some cod action . The venue close to Dunbar looked perfect and with this amazing weather in store we were ready to go . Early bell and filling up the car , roof bars ready , Kayak on top .The gears are easy sorted and go into two big washing basket .The list go on , paddle , kayak seat , wet suit , foam floatation device , big sponge , zip bag for the fish , cool box , 2 rods , one fly rod and one short spinning rod , knife , forceps , sandwiches , drogue . drink bottle and then 2 boxes of terminal tackle including , rigs , soft lures , feathers and weights . The drive east early morning is fine , long straight road with plenty commuters heading to work . The sun's appear in the far distance and the wind mill are turning slow ,this is going to be a great day .70 miles or so later and finally the empty beach awaiting for us . I look into the horizon and the sea looks like a millpond with 2 dots 1/2 mile away , my friends are already . I set up the gears and fill up the kayak bits by bits just like a ritual . 5 minutes pass and Tam just arrive , he unload is craft and set up too . We drag our kayak onto the grass and then the sandy beach , the tide is high luckily saving us a long walk . I slowly sit down on the kayak and the light westerly breeze push me out to sea . I admire the crystal clear water and look down , there is little trail of sea snail engraved into the sand . The kelp bottom just looks like an under water forest with very small fish swimming around . Tam and myself paddle right out in the mile zone , the coastal light house is there with all the reflection , the majestic Bassrock with 80 000 gannets flying around in the far distance . This is a great morning , flat as you wanted to be . I drop a little silvery wedge deep down and slowly jerk it foot from the bottom , and the very first small cod pops around . And again , 40 foot of water below small codling are taking the silver lure . The next fish is a scorpion fish , one of those ugly fish with massive spines and huge mouths . Small one though but beautiful brownish marking . I take a quick photo and send him back to the deep . By that time we caught up with Bill . Bill is the veteran kayak anglers ,Very smart ,very fit and witty . His technique for the day is baited feathers and he is having a ling day . Ling after ling and mostly ling are taking his sea food cocktail . 8 in total , nothing really in size but still good sport .The days goes on and although it is nearly October it feels like summer . I talk to Bill as we fish close by and looking far out to sea and tell him , it's got to be a 10 pounder around here . After 6 hours drifting around and paddling Bill decide to head home and same to me , I was ready to call it a day , My rod went stiff once again and had fish on . A heavy leaded soft lure at the bottom and a lighter one just above did the trick . Straight away I knew the fish was good as it was taking line and more line , I took it easy making sure I was well connected giving nothing away . The fish came up to the surface and I grabbed it .With a small video of the fight in-store and a good cod on the soft fox lure and a couple of picture we finally headed home . Most fish are released and some are kept ,this one was a keeper . I put the fish in the cool box and headed home , my heart still pounding with a small grin on my face . I gutted the fish and weighted it .3.3 kg . I filleted it just like a fish monger and saved it in the freezer for the days to come ..Just add chips ..tight line all .Nicolas
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Students, Medical
Education, Medical,
Parturition, Teaching,
Midwifery, Obstetrics
Abstract:
Using a female mannequin situated in a delivery position, the instructor, holding forceps, is lecturing on delivery techniques. All of the medical students present are men.
Extent:
1 photomechanical reproduction
Technique:
halftone
NLM Unique ID:
101434674
NLM Image ID:
A012446
Permanent Link:
Surgical staple kit in green cloth container that folds in on itself and stays closed with two buttons. When open, there are two flaps that cover two metal forceps. One tool has the engraving, "Chrome", and the other has the engraving, "Sklar Germany Chrome". Behind these tools is a pocket, which is holding a folded paper that contains "100 Michel's Wound Clips". According to the label on the paper, they are by Clay-Adams Co. and patented no. 1,652,625. The paper also has pictures of forceps that resemble those housed within the cloth. There is also a paper envelope also containing "100 Michel Wound Clips", with this one made by "J. Sklar Mfg. Co. Brooklyn, N. Y." There is a fairly large stain on the outer cloth that is a purple or brown color. Cloth container measures 6" x 2 1/4" x 1".
Belonged to Mila E. Rindge or her father Milo. Purchased at a local antique store as a collection inside classic doctor’s bag by MHS Director Jennifer Simpson in October 2020
ACC# 2020.120.012
See other medical related items in the MHS museum at flic.kr/s/aHsmTm2Swj
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Willow, the ringtail, is both nocturnal and very shy. I was lucky enough to find Elyse feeding her; I think this is the third time I've actually seen Willow.
Here, she was hiding in the darkness of her hutch.
Can u belive i did this :) ? Ohh i love my job!
Procedures:
-Removal of the remaining roots and teeths.
-Alveoloplasty & gingivectomy
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1ª Consulta - Paciente Alexandre J.
Data: 07/04/2010
Alessandra Souza (eu) e Priscilla Lopes
Prof. Marcelo
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Região: Hemi-arcada superior direita
Técnica anestésica: Anestesia infiltrativa (nn alveolar médio e posterior) - localizada em cada dente
Anestésico: Mepivacaína com vaso [3 1/2 tubetes]
Procedimento: Remoção das raízes remanescentes e dentes perdidos, sem forceps, só com alavancas.
Instrumentos: cj alavancas e elevadores (apenas luxando com as alavancas), sindesmótomo e alveolótomo. Fio de sutura nª04.
***Sem nenhum forceps***
Duração: das 17h ás 20h
This is a B/W photograph of four surgical or medical bronze instruments displayed at the Archaeological Museum in Patras, Greece; all four bronze instruments date back to the Mycenean Period (15th – 11th century BC):
№ 23 Pair of forceps or pincers (Voudeni, late 15th – early 12th century BC)
№ 24 Needle (Voudeni, 12th – 11th century BC)
№ 25 Needle (Portes, 12th century BC)
№ 26 Needle (Voudeni, late 11th century BC)
(One can read Homer’s Iliad books IV & XI, too.)
Surgical staple kit in green cloth container that folds in on itself and stays closed with two buttons. When open, there are two flaps that cover two metal forceps. One tool has the engraving, "Chrome", and the other has the engraving, "Sklar Germany Chrome". Behind these tools is a pocket, which is holding a folded paper that contains "100 Michel's Wound Clips". According to the label on the paper, they are by Clay-Adams Co. and patented no. 1,652,625. The paper also has pictures of forceps that resemble those housed within the cloth. There is also a paper envelope also containing "100 Michel Wound Clips", with this one made by "J. Sklar Mfg. Co. Brooklyn, N. Y." There is a fairly large stain on the outer cloth that is a purple or brown color. Cloth container measures 6" x 2 1/4" x 1".
Belonged to Mila E. Rindge or her father Milo. Purchased at a local antique store as a collection inside classic doctor’s bag by MHS Director Jennifer Simpson in October 2020
ACC# 2020.120.012
See other medical related items in the MHS museum at flic.kr/s/aHsmTm2Swj
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
- Scientific equipment seen over #10YearsAgo. These are Swiss made precision steel tools for microscopists.