Today's Find: Newspaper article 21 Sept 1909 "Blames Physicians for Many Deaths; Savant Says They are Ignorant of Chloroform Use" tinyurl.com/wtjzw8c Augustus D. Waller created first practical ECG machine tinyurl.com/4aed5axz #histmed #medicalhistory

1866 Sept 21: H.G. Wells was born. His story "Under the Knife" describes the narrator's experience w/chloroform anesthesia tinyurl.com/89zavxe He died 13 Aug 1946 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Poisons and Antidotes 7:

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝟏𝟓𝟕𝟎
from Gerardo Cybo, "Drawings of Roman Flora", MS 22333, f. 37r, the British Library, London.
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Today’s Find: 1893 dime novel “Mystery of St. Agnes’ Hospital” by John Y. Coryell one of the Nick Carter series tinyurl.com/2p8cdnpc Created in 1886; many authors later continues today tinyurl.com/yckwxyfd Some scenes in the hospital; Dr. Jarvis is a main character #histmed #medicalhistory

1854 Sept 20: Crimean War began with the Battle of Alma. First conflict in which anesthetics were used extensively; ether had been used briefly in the U.S.-Mexican War tinyurl.com/n88p5kv #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: “Diagnosis: Unknown” was a U.S. medical TV drama that ran July 5 until Sept 20, 1960 as a summer replacement series. Starred Patrick O’Neal as a city hospital pathologist tinyurl.com/y35d89p6 #histmed #medicalhistory #medicaltv

On this day in 1974, Shahrokh Shariat, the Austrian surgeon known for his medical prowess, was born. Celebrating a life dedicated to healing and innovation! 🎉 #history #cronologia #medicalhistory #ShahrokhShariat

FDA-approved in 1970, L-DOPA was a breakthrough for Parkinson’s, though not without challenges. Early high-dose regimens often led to dyskinesia and hallucinations, highlighting the delicate balance required in managing neurological treatments. #MedicalHistory

Today’s Find: “Murder at St. Dennis” a 1952 novel by Margaret Ann Hubbard “A Cunning Killer Prowls the Winding Corridors of an Old Hospital” tinyurl.com/5y22m5v4 #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfiction

1885 Sept 27: Newspaper item "Curiosities of Local Anaesthesia" About two items in the Sept 19 issue of the "New York Medical Journal" #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

“Without equality, he argued, eugenics would degenerate into yet another mechanism by which the powerful could control the weak.”

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Today’s Find: Margaret Humphreys. ‘Searching for Dr. Harris: The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician ‘ [2024] Joseph Harris one of the few black surgeons working for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War tinyurl.com/ywdnrx5j #histmed #medicalhistory

Today's Patent Medicine Trade Card: A laxative from the W.H. Comstock Co. tinyurl.com/yc72ad2u More at tinyurl.com/yc6mnxh2 From the Helfand Collection @NYAMHistory #histmed #medicalhistory

1709 Sept 18: English poet, playwright, lexicographer, etc Samuel Johnson was born. His great dictionary was first published in April 1755 & did not include "anaesthesia" although earlier dictionaries did tinyurl.com/ng9ypeh #histmed #medicalhistory

History Explained: Germ theory changed more than what doctors believed. Connecting microbes to disease helped transform surgery, hygiene, sterilization and infection prevention — foundations of modern medicine.

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Poisons and Antidotes 6:

𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐜, 𝟏𝟓𝟖𝟏
from Pietro Andrea Mattioli, "I Discorsi" (Venice: heirs of Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1581), II.6, p. 244.

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Today's Vintage Book Cover: British author Rona Shambrook wrote over 50 romances 1942-2001 under this pseudonym, many medical tinyurl.com/3653farn This one published in 1950 #histmed #medicalhistory #histnursing #nursinghistory #medicalfiction

1869 Sept 17: Doctor Peter Mark Roget died. He worked with Thomas Beddoes & Humphry Davy on nitrous oxide experimentation in England in 1799, long before he began work on his thesaurus tinyurl.com/y9hrsvtk & tinyurl.com/mr25mskk Born 18 Jan 1779 #histmed #medicalhistory

Today's Find: “Julia” was an American TV comedy that ran from 17 Sept 1968 until 23 March 1971. Diahann Carroll played a nurse working in the office of a doctor played by Lloyd Nolan tinyurl.com/y4jxpuk9 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicaltv

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