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Sunday Trade Card: George G. Dort & Co, Druggists & Pharmacists of Keene, New Hampshire https://t.co/XQekarg9ml Trade cards often used cute animals

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2022-04-04

The circle of Willis was first described by anatomy pioneer Thomas Willis in his Cerebri anatome of 1664

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2022-03-23

Welcome to 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). We are so glad that our copy is not coloured! 😱

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2022-03-22

With & we made short films about our research. Here's one about the culture of heroic composure under the knife.
https://t.co/nBe5c7lGG6

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2022-03-17

1802 caricature by James Gillray depicting the early controversy surrounding Jenner's vaccination theory

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2022-03-12

Today's Painting: Lillian Wald who led U.S. Nurses' Emergency Council during 1918 flu epidemic https://t.co/abndI8qGv6
This 1919 portrait is by William Valentine Schevill She was born 10 Mar 1867 & died 1 Sept 1940

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2022-03-11

Today's Find: Anesthesia & medical history items from my Twitter feed Feb 15-28 via https://t.co/cfIEBOjbJl

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2022-03-02

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: This Burdock Blood Bitters card features American stage actress Louis Paullin [1848-1910] https://t.co/ElbVuuWmuc & https://t.co/rfRvv0TO3w More on bitters at https://t.co/Afjkiu2tWw

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2022-02-28

in 1828, two anatomists Dr Riley & Dr Wallis were fined £6 after being caught in Brislington churchyard STEALING A CADAVER.

Both men were noted anatomists but not very good at body snatching it would appear...

📸Wellcome Collection

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2022-02-03

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/psjYlMifc4

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2022-02-02

Today's Find: Ian Williams' graphic novel "The Lady Doctor" was published 31 Jan 2019 https://t.co/iky21Q7Gch

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2022-02-01

Saturday Vintage Book Cover: Trapped 3 men, eh? Tilbury wrote a number of romances between 1961 & 1984 https://t.co/TolVv0vi9k This title published 1962

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2022-01-23

Esta lámina, recogida en "#Anatomia del corpo humano" de Valverde de Amusco (#Venecia, 1586), representa "un huomo scorticato dalla parte d'avante"
https://t.co/QxuvbKXesU

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2022-01-13

Through the autobiography of George King (1787-1857), explores subjects including the impact of foundling labor on the British empire, the mental & physical toll of war, and slavery & race: https://t.co/am8c5miqgz

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2022-01-09

Jan 6: According to many sources, today is Sherlock Holmes' birthday; some anesthesia connections at https://t.co/jlbkHgLavB

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2022-01-07

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: From the Helfand Collection https://t.co/dIB57BmPZj For more on bitters see https://t.co/Svq4Va8eoa

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2022-01-03

Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981) performed the first gastric fundoplication in 1955 and published the results of two cases in a 1956. He originally called the surgery "gastroplication". The procedure has borne his name since it gained popularity in the 1970s.

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2021-12-25