This is today. #histmed #skystorians

(Parution) L’éternel retour de l’hystérie histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/lete... #histmed

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

Today's Find: "Doogie Howser, MD" a US medical TV show about a teenage doctor that ran on the ABC network Sept 19, 1989 to Mar 24, 1993 tinyurl.com/melft7j This 16 Dec 1989 issue of "TV Guide" also contains an article about how unrealistic the show was #histmed #medicaltv

Your sign according to a 1934 advertisement for Wampole's Preparation, "an all the year 'round tonic and stimulant for all ages."

Their Canadian laboratory was located in Perth, ON

#histmed #pharmacyhistory #vintageadvertising #zodiacsigns

#histmed This is indeed a fascinating study. If you haven't heard of the "Plague of Cyprian" before, you're not alone. Its historiographical significance has only been realized in the past few years. And no, currently it's not believed to be plague (Yersinia pestis). What was it? We don't know yet!

(New Book) The Wonders of Childbirth. Giving Life between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/donn... #histmed

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

Meet Partner Investigator Dr. Ema Hrešanová (Charles University, Czechia)
Ema combines anthropology & history to study healthcare dynamics across East-Central Europe, Cuba & the USSR, bringing decolonial views to Cold War medical networks.
#HistMed #HistSci #ColdWarHistory #DecolonialHistory

Les archives de l’Académie royale de chirurgie (1731-1793) sont maintenant entièrement disponibles en ligne !
#histsci #histmed
https://bibliotheque.academie-medecine.fr/mise-en-ligne-arc/

9/17/1802 — b. Mercy B. Jackson, American physician, professor, suffragist. A pioneer in homeopathic medicine, and one of the first female physicians in the U.S. Owned a large private practice; champion of women’s right to practice medicine #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #womensrights

had to retract his instruction to excommunicate a man in her community.

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histSci #histMed #botany

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(Journée d'études) Pratiques et usages des archives médicales 11 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/prat... #histmed

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

Just going through the bad coughs section of this 1758 recipe book. Two snail waters with different approaches: one insists you keep the snails dirty, the other insists you scour them. (also gory detail of how to keep snails from leaving pan. Poor snails.) #HistMed