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1805 Oct 13: Japanese doctor Hanaoka Seishu performed his first breast cancer operation with "tsusensan" as an oral general anesthetic. He did dozens more
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2021-10-14

Would you look at this Victorian print of the male (top) and female (bottom) pelvis? The pelvic region is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs. There you have it! Your lesson for the human body! 😉

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2021-10-12

The French cardiologist Michel Haïssaguerre is born of 1955. In 1998 he first described the use of catheter ablation for patients with atrial fibrillation.

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2021-10-05

Todays’ Find: Linda Caldwell’s 2020 biography of John Gorrie (3 Oct 1803 – 29 June 1855), “He Made Ice & Changed the World”, a U.S. physician who developed mechanical cooling in an effort to help his malaria & yellow fever patients https://t.co/tHd0CJDvgT

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2021-10-04

The irish anatomist Richard Quain (1800-1887) was the author of a superbly illustrated work, "The of the Arteries of the Human (London, 1844), deduced from observations made on 1040 subjects.
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2021-10-03

1835 Oct 2: Japanese doctor Hanaoka Seishu died. Used anesthetic "tsusensan" in 150+ breast cancer surgeries https://t.co/sNzEnhxbXy

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2021-10-03

1752 June 13: English novelist Fanny Burney was born. On Sept 30, 1811, Burney underwent a mastectomy for suspected breast cancer; she refused any drugs or alcohol. In 1812, Burney wrote a letter about her experience of surgery w/out anesthesia https://t.co/V1sB6PLjFx

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2021-10-01

Today’s Find: This 1959 film is based on a Tennessee Williams play https://t.co/5sZ0iDOwcT & https://t.co/u8nSJT3PgU Truth serum & lobotomy are involved

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2021-09-29

1792 Sept 27: The fabulous British illustrator & caricaturist George Cruikshank was born. He died 1 Feb 1878. One of his medical works is "Headache" https://t.co/psjYlMzQ3C

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2021-09-27

Title - The Central Board of Health: Cholera Consultation.
Satire of the corruption and uselessness of public health officials, by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

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2021-09-27

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: Green's August Flower for dyspepsia & liver complaint https://t.co/uRltxQEnJs Verso has an 1883 calendar & company history. From the Helfand Collection

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2021-09-27

1888 Sept 26: Poet T.S. Eliot was born "Like a patient etherized upon a table" said his character Prufrock https://t.co/7OigXM0rnZ
He died 4 Jan 1965

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2021-09-27

Today’s Find: One of my articles “Eat Some Lettuce & See Me in the Morning: The Endless Search for Pain Relief” https://t.co/RWpaGqFoyw (Access requires free registration)

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2021-09-24

From to title page of A. van Leeuwenhoek, Send-brieven (Epistles, to the High-honored Gentlemen of the Royal Society in 1718 turned into a plaque in 1740, coll. . https://t.co/67WsUkuQ3y

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2021-09-20

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: Ham's Oil of Gladness c. 1870-1906 https://t.co/fPYAo3CAyt

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2021-09-20

A ‘standing’ male cadaver with the trunk dissected to reveal the viscera, held upright with various wires and chains. Coloured lithograph by William Fairland, 1869.

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2021-09-16

A Case of True - 2 physicians bundle and tie a patient they are sure is suffering from cholera. A 3rd person assists in the removal of the patient. Another physician inspects the contents of a chamber pot, & to the right a physician holds up dirty trousers. 1832

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2021-09-14

of 1746 the italian scientist Giovanni Battista was born. He was a learner of Spallanzani and he was responsible for the of the effect that bears his name and is used in facial masks designed to administer in known quantities.

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2021-09-12

1846 Sept 7: Gilbert Abbott met with surgeon John Collins Warren in Boston about his neck tumor; the Oct 16 surgery is now known as Ether Day https://t.co/HI1kmdthv4

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2021-09-08