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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
Today’s Find: This 1970 film was the second one from Roger Corman’s low-budget production company & began a popular series of nurse “exploitation” films https://t.co/v2cCpRZ34F #histmed #histnursing
1848 Jan 28: Hannah Greener, a healthy 15-yo, died in Newcastle. She is often identified as the first fatality of chloroform anesthesia. She was having a toenail removed. https://t.co/csrnotYau1 #histmed
Today's Find: Michael Servetus was a Spanish physician-author-theologian who was first European to correctly describe pulmonary circulation https://t.co/N4rIznxXRL He was burned at the stake for heresy 27 October 1553
Today's Art: Adam Elsheimer's ca. 1598 painting that depicts Saint Elizabeth of Hungary feeding hospital patients https://t.co/mWsnrIxal6 #histmed