Sunday Morning Medicine

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David Harley

Medieval pet names — dogs yes, cats rarely, other animals hardly at all. However, dogs had a closer relationship with humans than did other domesticated animals. Horses are the animals for names.

David Harley

The Lone Ranger — if one looks at the classic Hollywood Westerns, whether great ones, bad ones or just plain ugly ones, one would not know what a high proportion of the people of the “Wild West” were free blacks and liberated slaves.

David Harley

The ugly husband — this issue is surely related to imbalances of wealth. The theme of the rich old man marrying the beautiful young woman is a common theme in 17th-century Dutch prints, as it has been in literature and in the popular press of today. The infatuated old man’s risk of being cuckolded is often present.

David Harley

Circus photos — the photographs of circus people by Diane Arbus provide a far less glamorous view of the travelling entertainers.

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