Physicians' Galleryさんのイラストまとめ

Scottish anatomist Charles Bell's 'The Anatomy of the Human Body' https://t.co/ghl6ZIyqgI #mhl #histmed

Rhubarb, a history of its medical uses as laxative, poison and cure and the #Edinburgh connection to its cultivation https://t.co/t6sGjHE6Z6

Not exactly a lot of empathy displayed in this description of David Thompson, patient at the Royal Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum in the 1880s, for he ‘takes the most amusing postures’ although he was ‘expected to recover’

On International Day of the Midwife here is a handy guide - James Wolveridge's C17th midwifery handbook, written to 'inform midwives in their office' #IDM2020

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)

On #InternationalWomensDay, illustrator and botanist Elizabeth Blackwell and a story of prison, plotting and A Curious Herbal https://t.co/THVY8mZy7g

William Buchan author of ‘Domestic Medicine’ died #OTD in 1805. His book was a guide for the lay public to treat themselves at home. Although it did include the tip to avoid bathing, because human perspiration inhibited germs and gave you a ‘healthy glow’ https://t.co/6EXaJz1vDO

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

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh accepted its first patient #OTD 1729. When its new home was completed in 1748 it included ’12 Cells for mad People’ #Moonstruck

Victorian exercise machines, where you can get a workout without changing from formal dress or breaking into a sweat https://t.co/raVGhVS2Fq