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Ebenezer Sibly was a masterful salesman in his advertisements for his patented ‘Re-animating Solar Tincture’ for it was a cure for death – from drowning, suicide, lightning, assassination and duels (1793)
Born #OTD 1774 in #Edinburgh, Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/URljf9J3HI
Christian Egenolff’s 17thc herbal. He was a publisher, not a botanist, and pirated from other authors. It was said that there were none with "more of the crassest errors than those published by Egenolff" Find out more at our exhibition #PhysiciansFlowers https://t.co/mV7U9JCqGo
'Engravings of the arteries' by Scottish surgeon Charles Bell, known for his anatomical art https://t.co/of487XOYSe
Early 19thc illustrations of surgical anatomy, from copper plate engravings https://t.co/h6qGNFhyZ8
For #BrainAwarenessWeek we have Charles Bell's 'Idea of A New Anatomy of the Brain', which has been described as 'the Magna Carta of Neurology'
Victorian exercise machines, where you can get a workout without changing from formal dress or breaking into a sweat https://t.co/dgMthVZKbb
On #worlddiabetesday our blog uncovers the history of diabetes diagnosis and treatment, from 17th century experiments to the study ‘the Piss of such as are sick’
https://t.co/N6KoDcTQcT
#diabetes #diabetesawareness #diabetesday
Born #OTD 1774 in #Edinburgh, Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6