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Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624), was a swiss botanist, anatomist and who described thousands of plants. He was also disciple Girolamo Mercuriale and he worked on human anatomical nomenclature.

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2021-05-23

1859 May 22: Arthur Conan Doyle was born. See JR Maltby's 1988 article "Sherlock Holmes & Anaesthesia" https://t.co/5CGTYno4MF

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2021-05-23

Hieronymus Fabricius was born of 1533. He was an italian pioneering and known in medical as "The Father of William Harvey and Spigelius (1578–1625) also studied under him.

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2021-05-21

Today’s Find: “Pandemic”is a 2016 film in which Rachel Nichols plays a New York physician who travels to Los Angeles to help in the search for survivors of the worldwide disease https://t.co/AGbKM6zjfa I think zombies are involved

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2021-05-14

In Case III of his book on 'bronzino disease' (1855), Thomas Addison describe the clinical story of a young 26-year-old carpenter. The revealed the presence of adrenal glands completely destroyed and transformed into a 'strumous' mass.

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2021-05-04

Day 27 of is The William Wallace Papers (no, not that William Wallace) include patient catalogues, illustrations and published material relating to Wallace’s career and study of skin diseases: https://t.co/5GjlPtqZ4S

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2021-04-27

is here!First, take a deep breath!Done?Good! Today we want to show you the anatomy of a Victorian amputation found in George Bell's Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery (1821). 😱 Want to learn more? Come for a visit 👉https://t.co/r70aehnZax

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2021-04-27

Today's Find: Sax Rohmer's evil genius Fu Manchu claimed to have a Harvard medical degree https://t.co/6LmAb0Sd2F Expert with poisons

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2021-04-27

The great German anatomist Robert Heinrich Johannes died of 1945 at the age of 76. He's remembered today for the 'Sobotta of human a masterpiece of macroscopic anatomy acclaimed for its high quality and detail.

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2021-04-20

1790 Apr 17: Ben Franklin died. He was a participant in the first investigation of Franz Mesmer's "animal magnetism" claims. Did some other stuff, too https://t.co/iJacpkw7Es

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2021-04-18

of 1452 was born Leonardo was given permission to dissect human corpses in Florence and later at in Milan and Rome. He made over 240 detailed drawings and and wrote a great many unpublished pages of

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2021-04-15

Edward Tyson was hot on This book of his notes and drawings, containing human and animal life in all its splendour, is a definite contender for

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2021-04-14

Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux, French anatomist who became famous for manufacturing papier-mâché anatomical models, is 's

https://t.co/IUPjdwj29j

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2021-04-07

And we're live! Please join us for the final session on instruments.

Note: Contrary to 's generous intro, I probably won't be livetweeting since I will be moderating the discussion. (Maybe one of my friends will step in?)

https://t.co/Jb74aYsl44

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2021-04-07

"Is the cellphone the modern equivalent of a manual?" In episode 4 of our "Science Social" podcast🎙️we explore the fascinating history of manuals & handbooks 💭📚📱with Mathias Grote & Elaine Leong

🎧🔗https://t.co/8vHqJq0QvJ

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2021-03-30

This amazingly detailed medical illustration depicts an aneurysm at the base of the brain. The attending surgeon was William Morgan (1791-1860). It's from Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations, UCDA P263.

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2021-03-19

Today's Painting: Lillian Wald who led U.S. Nurses' Emergency Council during 1918 flu epidemic https://t.co/abndI8956w
This 1919 portrait is by William Valentine Schevill She was born 10 Mar 1867 & died 1 Sept 1940

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2021-03-11