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The Royal College of Physicians museum, library, archive & garden in Regent's Park | History, medicine, art & modernist architecture | Exhibitions & events
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We've just launched a new museum trail! Use it to discover objects from dolls to paintings to preserved human remains, all reflecting the how the human body has been used and represented in medicine. https://t.co/cXYuoorPsX

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We’re not going for the sympathy vote, honest, but we’ll just point out that it was our pumpkin-sculptor’s first ever effort. Source material came from MacEwen’s Head sections, 1893, Hirschfeld’s Nevrologie, 1853, and Valverde’s Anatomia, 1560.

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It feels like it's only just got going, but this afternoon closes. Alas! Alack! Exhibition curator reflects on the bodies behind the pictures in today's blog post: https://t.co/QUX9ubJEnv

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Just ONE WEEK left to catch our pop-up exhibition 'Under the skin: illustrating the human body'. Six centuries of anatomical images for you to see. https://t.co/VCUm78M1sC

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What locks! 19th & early 20th century anatomical illustrations often show fashionable hair and beards. To modern eyes it both humanises the body & also emphasises the brutality of the dissection. This drawing is by Francis Sibson, from c1840-60.

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*The only man in the room is the patient* Within a decade of this operation women doctors & medical students faced quotas, marriage bans and prejudice. Find out about the second battle for equality in our special event 12 November https://t.co/vbHmqEJmaO

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Mary Beale (1663-1699) was one of the first women in England to earn a living as an artist. She painted the portraits of many society figures, including physicians Thomas Sydenham and William Croone. Read more about her on our blog today: https://t.co/nSiYRqnjBu

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Look closely at this brilliant picture of a operation... there's something remarkable about it! Can you spot it? *Clue* the operation is taking place at the Endell Street Hospital. Thank you for this inspiring loan https://t.co/k7KWEZsdNB

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Elizabeth, Countess of Kent, 1653. Her *amazing powder* was on sale long after her death. It treated everything from measles to the plague and contained *crabs’ eyes*, pearls, coral & bezoar stones. Meet her in our new exhibition https://t.co/k7KWEZsdNB

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Exquisite image of a pomegranate from *A Curious Herbal*, 1737. All illustrations were by the remarkable Elizabeth Blackwell who took up work to pay off her husbands debts! She helped catalogue and won the approval of More in https://t.co/kjEbj1ltul

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