{"id":933,"date":"2021-02-08T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/?page_id=933"},"modified":"2021-02-18T09:33:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:33:51","slug":"the-artificial-leg-of-earl-of-uxbridge-by-dr-mick-crumplin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/home-page\/the-artificial-leg-of-earl-of-uxbridge-by-dr-mick-crumplin\/","title":{"rendered":"The artificial leg of Earl of Uxbridge, by Dr Mick Crumplin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewed by Helen Howard<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mick Crumplin \u2013 an introduction<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/Dr-Mick-Crumplin-an-introduction.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/Dr-Mick-Crumplin-an-introduction.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/Dr-Mick-Crumplin-an-introduction.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1012\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/Good-RCS-image-of-Amp-at-St-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A unique painting from the RCS England of an amputation scene, c. 1770<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What themes do you think Lord Uxbridge\u2019s limb or history helps us to understand and what do we need to know about the object to make sense of it?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/1-What-themes-do-you-think-Lord-Uxbridges-limb-or-history-helps-us-to-understand-and-what-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-object-to-make-sense-of-it.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/1-What-themes-do-you-think-Lord-Uxbridges-limb-or-history-helps-us-to-understand-and-what-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-object-to-make-sense-of-it.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/1-What-themes-do-you-think-Lord-Uxbridges-limb-or-history-helps-us-to-understand-and-what-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-object-to-make-sense-of-it.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>a. Is there anything revolutionary or transformative about the history that is packaged up in this artificial limb? and\u00a0b. Does it capture or reflect an important movement if so, what is it?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/2-Is-there-anything-revolutionary-or-transformative-about-the-history-that-is-packaged-up-in-this-artificial-limb-and-does-it-capture-or-reflect-an-important-movement.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/2-Is-there-anything-revolutionary-or-transformative-about-the-history-that-is-packaged-up-in-this-artificial-limb-and-does-it-capture-or-reflect-an-important-movement.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/2-Is-there-anything-revolutionary-or-transformative-about-the-history-that-is-packaged-up-in-this-artificial-limb-and-does-it-capture-or-reflect-an-important-movement.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1013\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1013 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/A16-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"254\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Less fortunate amputee with a &#8216;peg-leg&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Has the way we view this object or the issues we\u2019ve touched upon changed substantially as our approaches change and scholarship develops?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/3-Has-the-way-we-view-this-object-or-the-issues-weve-touched-upon-changed-substantially-as-our-approaches-change-and-scholarship-develops.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/3-Has-the-way-we-view-this-object-or-the-issues-weve-touched-upon-changed-substantially-as-our-approaches-change-and-scholarship-develops.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/3-Has-the-way-we-view-this-object-or-the-issues-weve-touched-upon-changed-substantially-as-our-approaches-change-and-scholarship-develops.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<figure id=\"attachment_946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-946\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/A5-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"191\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Revolutionary change from the guillotine amputation technique to the flap method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What might experts think about this which might differ from how non-experts view it?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/4-What-might-experts-think-about-this-which-might-differ-from-how-non-experts-view-it.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/4-What-might-experts-think-about-this-which-might-differ-from-how-non-experts-view-it.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/4-What-might-experts-think-about-this-which-might-differ-from-how-non-experts-view-it.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<figure id=\"attachment_942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-942\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/A4-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amputation knives, showing the evolution of instruments to surgical change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thinking more widely, what were the biggest changes that you think helped to characterise medicine during this period?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/5-Thinking-more-widely-what-were-the-biggest-changes-that-you-think-helped-to-characterise-medicine-during-this-period.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/5-Thinking-more-widely-what-were-the-biggest-changes-that-you-think-helped-to-characterise-medicine-during-this-period.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/5-Thinking-more-widely-what-were-the-biggest-changes-that-you-think-helped-to-characterise-medicine-during-this-period.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Are there other activities, other than finding out more by reading, that could help students unpack this subject area?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/6-Are-there-other-activities-other-than-finding-out-more-by-reading-that-could-help-students-unpack-this-subject-area.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/6-Are-there-other-activities-other-than-finding-out-more-by-reading-that-could-help-students-unpack-this-subject-area.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/6-Are-there-other-activities-other-than-finding-out-more-by-reading-that-could-help-students-unpack-this-subject-area.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Why do you think it\u2019s important that we study this subject matter?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-933-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/7-Why-do-you-think-its-important-that-we-study-this-subject-matter.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/7-Why-do-you-think-its-important-that-we-study-this-subject-matter.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/02\/7-Why-do-you-think-its-important-that-we-study-this-subject-matter.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewed by Helen Howard Dr Mick Crumplin \u2013 an introduction What themes do you think Lord Uxbridge\u2019s limb or history helps us to understand and what do we need to know about the object to make sense of it? a. 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