Image: Natural History Museum Dublin exterior

Description: Surgeon-General [the inscription is Surgeon-Major] Thomas Heazle Parke (1857–1893) was an Irish doctor, explorer, soldier and naturalist. A bronze statue of Parke stands on Merrion Street in Dublin, outside the Natural History Museum [ known locally as the Dead Zoo ]. On the granite pedestal is a bronze plaque depicting the incident on 13 August 1887 when Parke sucked the poison from an arrow wound in the chest of Capt. William G. Stairs to save his life. He is also commemorated by a bust in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Ireland's Natural History Museum, sometimes called the Dead Zoo a branch of the National Museum of Ireland, is housed on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland. The museum was built in 1856 for parts of the collection of the Royal Dublin Society and building and collection were later passed to the Irish State. The Museum's collection and building have changed little since Victorian times, and it is sometimes described as a "museum of a museum”. It really appeals to young children as it looks like something out of a Harry Potter film.
Title: Natural History Museum Dublin exterior
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