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Edinburgh surgeon Andrew Fyfe was born #OTD 1752. Fyfe was an exceptional anatomist & illustrator, although was described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer” (Illustration from 'Anatomy of the Human Body', 1814)

Advert for Sayre's Apparatus, 1882. Patient would be suspended by the head and axillae, and wrapped in a plaster-of-Paris jacket. First used by American orthopaedic surgeon Lewis Sayre in 1874 in the treatment of Pott's disease #histmed

From Edinburgh surgeon-artist Charles Bell's 'Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery' (1821). Bell intended this work to arm the surgeon with professional advantage so ‘that he may not go groping his way"

The weather in Edinburgh is pretty honking today so adding some colour to a very grey day with some Virginia Snakeroot from Medical #Botany (1830s)

Early 20th century facsimiles based on 'Fasciculus Medicinae', a collection of medical texts first printed in 1491 with some of the earliest known anatomical woodcuts, including depictions of the pregnant body #anatomy #histmed #histsex #illustration #IDM2019

Plates from William Smellie's 'Theory and Practice of Midwifery' (1752). Smellie, a Lanarkshire-born 'man-midwife' was known for pioneering a scientific approach to midwifery and developing safer obstetrical forceps #InternationalDayoftheMidwife #IDM2019 #18thcentury

Striking representations of secondary syphilis. These colour plates appeared in a work by James George Beaney, FRCSEd who intended them to serve as "pictorial illustrations of the ravages syphilis makes on the skin" #histmed #histsex #illustration https://t.co/912lFObzIF

Edinburgh surgeon Andrew Fyfe d.#OTD 1824. Fyfe was an exceptional anatomist & illustrator, although was described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer” (Illustration from 'Anatomy of the Human Body', 1814)

On #NoSmokingDay a 19th century warning on tobacco’s harmful effects from Scottish surgeon-anatomist & @rcsed Fellow John Lizars, 'Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco' (1857)

Charles Bell is perhaps best remembered for describing the effects of paralysis on the 7th cranial nerve, "Bell's palsy". He was also an exceptional artist as these engravings demonstrate, from ‘Anatomy of the Brain’ (1802)