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[1/3] Today we'll be talking about grim eye stuff - specifically eye surgery - a topic that so many people are squeamish about! And who can blame them, really, when you look at the sorts of tools Victorian eye surgeons were working with.

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2020-09-09

...inky birthday tribute to the sublimely talented & powerfully voiced 🎶

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2020-09-08

⚔️ Prepare your blades! Our next begins its release this Wednesday 🎧

Prepare yourself for a journey across time and the v. War in Heaven!

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2020-09-07

is here and we just love these old 19th c anatomical illustrations of the human body! Today we take a look at the internal framework of the human body: the These images come from Hartan's Anatomical Illustrations!

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2020-09-01

Some of the work that is being used by on their interactive story idea which I think is very cool.

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2020-06-18

Anatomy and physiology are most important disciplines to a surgeon. By the middle of the 18th century, dissection of the dead had become central to surgical education. Continue reading about the Resurrection Men in our blog here 👉https://t.co/3htsiZMv9y

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2020-06-17

[1/3]The are here! Do you know anything about snail water? In 1703, the Hospital appointed royal physician Richard Mead. He regularly published herbal preparations, including Snail Water for venereal disease. Portrait

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2020-06-01

was a developing science in the 18th c. This is the time when men began to practice as more general midwives, much to the offence of many contemporaries who saw it as unnatural. Learn more about one of them here 👉 https://t.co/VZErpfqAOB

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2020-05-27

Are you home schooling or do you just have an insatiable curiosity? Check out our education team's digital resources that you can use to teach or learn about the difficult, but exciting, history of medicine! https://t.co/YcHqhdAyis

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2020-04-30

As part of the collection, we can finally reveal our curator's A-Z of Herbs used at Old St Thomas' Hospital! We will be sharing one herb per week, but if you cannot wait,you can start checking out our here 👉
https://t.co/fFK6p6fzOk

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2020-04-29

[Thread 👇] Have you heard about in the past? They were particularly popular by the 18th c. Why? Sugar abuse! By this period the wealthy classes were hooked on the stuff. And we really mean hooked! 🍰🍰🍰#oldoptheatre

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2020-04-12

Tonight, let tell you all about the mysterious Victorian magician Chung Ling Soo. What was he hiding? Join us and also make use of our lovely licensed & private view of the before the talk starts. 😁

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2020-03-12

Opening tomorrow! Flesh: Art Exhibition & Performances, a collaboration between Sculpture Programme & responding to the thematic public programme of 2020, Flesh: More Than Skin Deep.
For more info visit https://t.co/XZQfrqDeQx

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2020-03-01

Welcome to First, take a deep breath! Done?Good!Today we want to show you the of a Victorian amputation found in George Bell's Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery (1821).We are so glad that our copy is not coloured! 😱

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2020-02-25

Join us on 8 Feb from 1-3 pm for Roses are Red, Violets are Blue: Traditional Victorian Valentine Card Family Drop-In and make your own for your special General Museum admission prices apply&materials will be provided.

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2020-02-04

Celebrate the holidays at the this year (we promise it will be more lively than this!)
: https://t.co/45GLLw5aZS
(Image: An undertaker drops in to give Christmas and New Year wishes to a sick man. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1830. Credit: Wellcome Collection.)

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2019-11-23

There are now even more opportunities to take part in our most popular event! Our 'Victorian Surgery Talk & Demonstration' is now available on both Saturdays and Sundays at both 11:00AM and 4:00PM. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/9UmS6x5xit

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2019-10-25

We heard on the that a resurrection man associated with St Thomas' by the name of Joseph Naples escaped prison 😱. This is how the newspapers presented the case on the 8th of February, 1804 [Thread 1👇]

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2019-09-29

Hello world! Cold Open Stories is a place where short stories and audio dramas are performed by YOU, the listener.

Each standalone story is supported by high production values, dedicated writer-directors, and composer. All levels of experience are welcome.

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2019-06-21

on 2 Nov, enter a world of spirits and dark whimsy with Phantasmagorical, a unlike any other, led by mind-reader and illusionist Miss Sylvia Sceptre. Can she truly conjure spirits? It's up to you to decide...
Book now at https://t.co/WBNYP4fuJX

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2019-06-10