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Thanks for joining us today @MadleyPrimarySc. We hope we didn't give anyone nightmares, and hope they enjoyed learning all about the retro and real nursing remedies for #SpanishFlu! Don't forget to #WashYourHands #HistMed @InfirmaryWorc
1848 Jan 28: Hannah Greener, a healthy 15-yo, died in Newcastle. She is often identified as the first fatality of chloroform anesthesia. She was having a toenail removed. https://t.co/csrnotYau1 #histmed
Edward Jenner, #English physician, scientist and 'father of immunology' (who did refine the discipline of vaccination) died #OTD 1823 < Holding Their Breath https://t.co/GtG1WtxiSl < #histmed #medhum #Georgian #vaccination
#dyk in 1745, Richard Mead, physician at Old St Thomas' Hospital, was the first known Westerner to suggest blowing smoke up people's arses as an effective test to check if people were #dead before being #buried. #histmed #nowyouknow -> #BuriedAlive article https://t.co/Dk501iTPVt
#CharlesDickens' classic story #AChristmasCarol was published #OnThisDate in 1843.
Read more about Dickens and his role in founding the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children at: https://t.co/6Js62mU7DU
#HistMed #MedHums
Our brand new temporary exhibition about the Royal Army Medical Corps is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Come on down and pick up an exhibition guide. FREE @ArmyMedServices @ArmyMedStudents @JRAMC_BMJ @Sec_RAMC_Assoc #HistMed #ArmyMedicalServices @WorcesterTIC
A tale of #war, #trade, #addiction...& #tea? Help us share the hidden #history of #plants through #digitalhumanities. Apply to our Plant #Humanities #Fellowships (with @JSTOR/@MellonFdn).
Due today, Dec 1!
https://t.co/RQlgpkSF8u
#histsci #histmed #landscapearchitecture #empire
It’s estimated that 50,000 Irish men were killed while serving in the British, Commonwealth or United States armies during #WWI. To commemorate its centenary year we take a look at some of the names that appear in the @RCSI_Irl Roll of Honour 1914-1918 #ArmisticeDay #histmed
Albrecht von Haller (1708 – 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman #Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the father of modern #physiology."
#HISTMED
Norman Rupert #Barrett (16 May 1903 – 8 January 1979) was an Australian-born British thoracic surgeon who is primarily remembered for describing Barrett's #oesophagus in 1957.
#histmed #surgery
Adolph #Kussmaul (1822 – 1902) was a german physician and a leading clinician of his time. He was one the first to perform gastric lavage and to attempt #oesophagoscopy and #gastroscopy.
#histmed
Bit of an ocular solar system 👁🌕☄️ Plates illustrating 'natural and morbid changes of the human eye' (1868) for #NationalEyeHealthWeek #histmed
Fetal #heart.
From: Ernst Bumm's "Grundriss zum Studium der Geburtshilfe" (1901).
#histmed #gynecology #fetus
A picture from the "#HANDBUCH DER GYNÄKOLOGIE" (1897) by #Bumm, #Veit and others. The image shows the patient's preparation for a #fistula #operation.
#histmed #surgery #gynecology