A fluffy, duffy Dickensian world of charm.
I'm what you get when you drop any alkali metal into water: an unstable compound that quickly and inevitably ends in an explosion.
Nineteen. American-Lebanese. Eccentric. Hedonistic. Mouth like a sailor. No filters between brain and mouth. Chemical Engineering/French double major. Overly fond of lamb, accents, and science fiction and fantasy.
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Ways to Die: Gangrene of the Foot
On Jan 8, 1687, Jean-Baptiste Lully was conducting a Te Deum, in honor of Louis XIV’s recovery from illness, and became so impassioned with the music that he struck his staff (a precursor to the baton used today) against the front of his foot.
An abscess developed that night, and despite treatment, Lully developed gangrene in his foot. Several court physicians strongly recommended amputation at the initial stage of gangrene, and again when it spread to his leg, but Lully would have none of it; he was much too interested in being able to conduct his own compositions, and having only one foot would not allow that.
Jean-Baptiste Lully died on March 22, 1687, due to gangrene of the foot, caused by enthusiastic conducting of his orchestra.
[image: army medical center, gangrene from war abscess, 1865.]
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Ways to Die: Gangrene of the Foot
On Jan 8, 1687, Jean-Baptiste Lully was conducting a Te Deum, in honor of Louis XIV’s recovery from illness, and became so impassioned with the music that he struck his staff (a precursor to the baton used today) against the front of his foot.
An abscess developed that night, and despite treatment, Lully developed gangrene in his foot. Several court physicians strongly recommended amputation at the initial stage of gangrene, and again when it spread to his leg, but Lully would have none of it; he was much too interested in being able to conduct his own compositions, and having only one foot would not allow that.
Jean-Baptiste Lully died on March 22, 1687, due to gangrene of the foot, caused by enthusiastic conducting of his orchestra.
[image: army medical center, gangrene from war abscess, 1865.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wvmcLcH01qk931ho1_400.jpg)
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akio:
Rules and structure of Arabic calligraphy.
Also known as: The simultaneous most infuriating and beautiful language in the world.
(via thief-of-always)
My hand is going to fall off from all the painting I’ve been doing. My big’s paddle is going to be sublime.
Especially with the drunk monkey riding a TARDIS. And the Lilly print on the back.
