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  • What That “It’s My New Book” Feel Feels Like

    What That “It’s My New Book” Feel Feels Like

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Writing
    March 11, 2023

    Seeing and feeling your newly printed book isn’t the same as saving someone’s life, but it’s close.

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  • Irish Surgeon Becomes America’s Leading Body Snatcher

    Irish Surgeon Becomes America’s Leading Body Snatcher

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, People Involved
    October 4, 2022

    Oh, the joys of surgery. Trepanation expert Samuel Clossy brought his body snatching ways to America, ways that would one day sparkthe Doctor’s Riot of 1788.

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  • Feuding Founders of First US Medical School

    Feuding Founders of First US Medical School

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, People Involved, Revolutionary War
    August 6, 2022

    The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine stands today as a testament to quality medical care. Its earliest years, though, were fraught with conflict between its two brilliant founders.

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  • Incident at the Marshall House

    Incident at the Marshall House

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot
    June 19, 2022

    The first Union officer killed in the Civil War was a friend of Lincoln and met his end taking down a Confederate flag.

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  • The Most Important Half-Finished Painting in American History

    The Most Important Half-Finished Painting in American History

    By

    Andy McPhee

    History, Revolutionary War
    May 2, 2022

    How is a half-finished painting a reflection of the great United States of America?

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  • The Business of Body Snatching

    The Business of Body Snatching

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, Grave Robbers
    April 9, 2022

    DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE WEAK OF HEART! Otherwise, have at it. It’s a story about body snatching. Cooool.

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  • A Tale of Two Henrys

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Anatomy, Doctor’s Riot
    April 6, 2022

    How two men named Henry, one a writer and the other an artist, created the most enduring anatomy book of all time, Gray’s Anatomy

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  • How a 16th Century King’s Decision Sort of Led to the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

    How a 16th Century King’s Decision Sort of Led to the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, Grave Robbers, History
    March 11, 2022

    With body snatching all the rage during the late 1700s, let’s look at who kind of, sort of, in a way started it all.

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  • When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 2

    When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 2

    By

    Andy McPhee

    History of Doctor’s Riot, People Involved
    January 31, 2022

    How one medical student started a riot against Columbia College

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  • When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 1

    When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 1

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, History, People Involved
    January 27, 2022

    Part 1 of a 2-part series on the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

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