Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #166

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:59:53
 Dinogeorge wrote:
>The Dinosaur Deluge of 2001 continues!
>
>While visiting the Dinosaur Provincial Park library after the Currie
>celebration, I was able to finish reading my copy of Terrible Lizard by
>Deborah Cadbury. Another "must have" book for dinosaur aficionados, it is
>meticulously researched and highly detailed, and essentially tells the story
>of vertebrate paleontology in Great Britain during the first half of the 19th
>century. Much information is provided about the rivalries of that era,
>including the amazing fact that Gideon Mantell's injured spine became a
>pathological specimen (no. 4808.1) in the Hunterian Museum, after his death
>on November 11, 1852 of an overdose of painkillers, under the curation of his
>arch-enemy Richard Owen. It remained available there for some 90 years until
>destroyed in a raid during the German blitz of London in World War II. This
>is a terrific book, highly recommended.

Sorry for being picky, but aren't you referring to Buckland??  According to 
Chris McGowan's new book _The Dragon Seekers_, it was the pathological 
vertebrae and braincase of Buckland that were put on display at the Hunterian 
Museum.  Judging from McGowan's writing, it seems as if the remains still exist.

Maybe this information is wrong, though??

Steve

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