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1760 Oct 23: Japanese physician Hanaoka Seishu was born https://t.co/UOAE9oTldd He used an oral general anesthetic tsusensan in 150+ breast cancer cases #histmed He died in 1835 #OTD
1805 Oct 13: Japanese doctor Hanaoka Seishu performed his first breast cancer operation with "tsusensan" as an oral general anesthetic. He did dozens more https://t.co/sNzEnhxbXy #histmed #OTD
1835 Oct 2: Japanese doctor Hanaoka Seishu died. Used anesthetic "tsusensan" in 150+ breast cancer surgeries https://t.co/sNzEnhxbXy #histmed #OTD
1792 Sept 27: The fabulous British illustrator & caricaturist George Cruikshank was born. He died in 1878. Two of his medical works are "Headache" & "The Colic" https://t.co/psjYlMifc4 #histmed #OTD
Anesthesia #History Calendar https://t.co/tm6vNrR38W Newer PDF version at https://t.co/Ry8ePx5jG1 #histmed
Sunday Patent Medicine Calendar: The Antikamnia Chemical Co did some wonderfully macabre calendars for several years https://t.co/pbTczG8i6F #histmed
1846 Sept 7: Gilbert Abbott met with surgeon John Collins Warren in Boston about his neck tumor; the Oct 16 surgery now known as Ether Day https://t.co/HI1kmdKSmC #histmed
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Her sister marries the man she loves https://t.co/dxVRymHPZY Published in 1965 #histmed #histnursing
Anesthesia #History Calendar https://t.co/tm6vNs8E0u Newer PDF version at https://t.co/Ry8ePxmUxz #histmed
Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Cards: One of my favorites. Developed in Chicago in 1861 by magician John Austin Hamlin & his brother https://t.co/AoplTqb6gw Sold until at least ca. WWI #histmed