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Today’s Find: In “The Dutch Shoe Mystery” by Ellery Queen, first published in 1931, the founder of Dutch Memorial Hospital is murdered just before her gall bladder operation is set to begin https://t.co/1z6FgjmtIn #histmed
1973 July 21: The cover of TV Guide declared "TV Medical Shows: They Really Do Save Lives" https://t.co/3Se3N31IdS
#histmed "Marcus Welby, M.D." & “Medical Center” were very popular U.S. TV shows at the time
Anesthesia #History Calendar https://t.co/tm6vNrR38W Newer PDF version at https://t.co/Ry8ePx5jG1 #histmed
Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: Dr. R.V. Pierce ran his empire from Buffalo NY https://t.co/ulklMuGtKZ
#histmed
1757 July 13: English artist Thomas Rowlandson was born https://t.co/IwBECgAY89 His many caricatures included some 100 featuring medical images. Died 21 April 1827 #histmed This one is "Medical Dispatch, or Doctor Doubledose killing two Birds with one Stone"
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Ferguson wrote a number of medical romances, this one published in 1982 https://t.co/sgKvRMQXrc #histmed #histnursing
Anesthesia #History Calendar https://t.co/tm6vNrR38W Newer PDF version at https://t.co/Ry8ePx5jG1 #histmed
Saturday Vintage Book Cover: Munroe was one of the pseudonyms used by Frank Castle [1910-1994] who wrote westerns & other fiction https://t.co/dAbfp95q1U This title first published in 1970 #histmed
Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: This very successful patent medicine appeared in the U.S. before the Civil War & continued to be distributed well into the 20th century https://t.co/f5HshGt6Pp #histmed
Today’s Find: Sax Rohmer, “The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu” published in 1913. The “wonderful & evil” Manchu is the world’s greatest villain. In one source, the 1932 film “The Mask of Fu Manchu”, he claims a medical degree from Harvard https://t.co/8YFupcRPPR #histmed