At work this morning I took a picture of a bottle of some stuff called “Bone Wax.” Despite the name, it’s not actually a polishing compound… In fact, if you do a quick Google search, you’ll learn that Bone Wax is a sterile beeswax compound that is used for hemostasis of bone.<\/p>\n
Which means practically nothing if you don’t speak medical.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, you’ve got me here to provide a translation.<\/p>\n
Basically, it’s skeleton spackle. (Odd little side-note, Horsley died of heatstroke in Iraq while serving as a British Army field surgeon during World War One. It’s amazing the things you can find in online biographies<\/a>.)<\/p>\n So… Yeah… I was going somewhere with this when I started, but I’ve forgotten where. That’s a pity too, because I was probably going to say something clever.<\/p>\n I’m gonna go grab some coffee and see if I can remember… It’s too darn early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At work this morning I took a picture of a bottle of some stuff called “Bone Wax.” Despite the name, it’s not actually a polishing compound… In fact, if you do a quick Google search, you’ll learn that Bone Wax … Continue reading
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\nThe fun thing is that the stuff was invented in 1892 by Victor Horsley, and pretty much the same stuff is still in use today<\/a>. The bottle I was photographing was from 1978 and it’s still got Horsley’s name on it. Apparently, the formula hasn’t changed much in the last 111 years.<\/p>\n