Thomas Morrisさんのイラストまとめ

Richard and Ronald Merrick, the identical twins who in 1954 were donor and recipient for the world's first successful kidney transplant. I've written about this landmark operation for @ExploreWellcome: https://t.co/WYpfaA7vvn

"What is an aortic coarctation?", clamours non-medical Twitter, with gratifying enthusiasm.

The aorta is your largest artery, conveying oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

An aortic coarctation is a stricture, a congenital narrowing of the vessel.

Is it possible for a human to grow a new skull? According to one eminent French medic, that's exactly what happened when a young boy was seriously injured in the 1870s. More on this extraordinary case report here: https://t.co/loWhm0b3TX #FOAMed

In 1884 the revolutionary 'brain maps' of neurologist David Ferrier (left) enabled surgeon Rickman Godlee (right) to remove a brain tumour for the first time. I've written about the breakthrough that enabled modern neurosurgery for @ExploreWellcome: https://t.co/25BPV6qiAG

The boy who fell asleep in a fire, then grew a new skull. A bizarre sequence of medical events, reported by a leading French physician in 1879: https://t.co/ntsgBqOFId

In 1871 the German surgeon Theodor Billroth became the first to successfully remove a cancerous growth from the stomach. The operation he pioneered, known as Billroth I, is still used to this day! Read about the history of this groundbreaking procedure: https://t.co/R9ce1hanfC

The iPlayer radio app, on the other hand, has a detailed listing. Why is such basic functionality not yet available on @BBCSounds - which has been operational, at vast expense, for many months?

@caitlinmoran Alas nobody seemed to know anything about a guest list (must have been asking the wrong people) so couldn't get in. But my wife managed to get this EXCELLENT snap of you on your way in.

One of the earliest surviving images of surgery: the physician Japix removes an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas. A fresco painted in the 1st century AD, and discovered in the ruins of Pompeii in 1825. From the collections of @MANNapoli in Naples.

A touch-piece was a memento of the Royal Touch, when a monarch touched those suffering from scrofula. This was thought to cure the condition. Queen Anne was the last British monarch to perform the ritual.