Franksolich

[Amityschild]

I liked to read them too when I was little.  I had an obsession about weird diseases and could only find them in encyclopedias and the adult section of the library.  I knew way more about small pox, elephantitis, and syphilis than any kid should ever know.

You know, when I was a little lad, in the second grade I think (because I have some unfond memories of that teacher, so it must have been the second grade), I decided to make some money, and took three books out of my father's library to school.

One of them was a very large book with transparent plates, showing the layers of the human eye.  Another of them was a small manual about dealing with women in labor.  A third was about contagious diseases, profusely illustrated with photographs.

At first, I charged classmates five cents a peek for any of the three books.

Then I had to adjust my rates for the market.

A look at the human eye was still five cents, but I upped a look at the contagious diseases to ten cents, and oftentimes had to offer a look at the naked women in distress as a "free bonus" for looks at either one of the other two books.

E gads!  The picture of the little Franksolich mercenary selling visuals of Contagious Diseases Illustrated boggles the mind 

[franksolich]

E gads!  The picture of the little Franksolich mercenary selling visuals of Contagious Diseases Illustrated boggles the mind 

For some reason, the guy with leprosy sticks out most clearly in the mind.

I wasn't aware leprosy gives one leonine features.

That is, until I went to the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants with free medical care for all, and suddenly and abruptly I recalled all those photographs of people with contagious diseases.

These were medical textbooks, not general books, I had seen, meaning they were explicitly and clearly shown, and it all came back to me when I was over there.

[DixieBelle]

Frank, the elderly gentleman that lived down the street from my grandparents was an OB/GYN. I'll never forget how shocked we were when he gave us money to clean out his storage shed! Oh my......those textbooks!!! I don't think he realized they were in there him being so old and all.

[franksolich]

Frank, the elderly gentleman that lived down the street from my grandparents was an OB/GYN. I'll never forget how shocked we were when he gave us money to clean out his storage shed! Oh my......those textbooks!!! I don't think he realized they were in there him being so old and all.

Yeah, these things were pretty explicit, and the photographs clearer and sharper than one usually finds in even the best of photography magazines.

They (the photographs) did have an influence upon me that lingers yet today; whenever peering into the dark depraved soul of a primitive, I suddenly see a, uh certain, photograph resurrected in the mind.

[Amityschild]

Frank, the elderly gentleman that lived down the street from my grandparents was an OB/GYN. I'll never forget how shocked we were when he gave us money to clean out his storage shed! Oh my......those textbooks!!! I don't think he realized they were in there him being so old and all.

Yeah, these things were pretty explicit, and the photographs clearer and sharper than one usually finds in even the best of photography magazines.

They (the photographs) did have an influence upon me that lingers yet today; whenever peering into the dark depraved soul of a primitive, I suddenly see a, uh certain, photograph resurrected in the mind.

I wonder where UGP falls within those tomes?

[franksolich]

I wonder where UGP falls within those tomes?

The leprosy, of course, and never mind a characteristic of leprosy being that one slowly develops crude leonine features.

The first time I read the subway cat, I thought of leprosy, that dread evil eating away at her soul.

[morningAngel]

I liked to read them too when I was little.  I had an obsession about weird diseases and could only find them in encyclopedias and the adult section of the library.  I knew way more about small pox, elephantitis, and syphilis than any kid should ever know.

You know, when I was a little lad, in the second grade I think (because I have some unfond memories of that teacher, so it must have been the second grade), I decided to make some money, and took three books out of my father's library to school.

One of them was a very large book with transparent plates, showing the layers of the human eye.  Another of them was a small manual about dealing with women in labor.  A third was about contagious diseases, profusely illustrated with photographs.

At first, I charged classmates five cents a peek for any of the three books.

Then I had to adjust my rates for the market.

A look at the human eye was still five cents, but I upped a look at the contagious diseases to ten cents, and oftentimes had to offer a look at the naked women in distress as a "free bonus" for looks at either one of the other two books.

you spoiled little snot!  All I had were old True Detective magazines and my extended vocabulary of swear word which I would share for the appropriate amount of pocket change.