In "Wilmot Springs: Nova Scotia’s Elixir Vitae," Colby Gaudet writes about Nova Scotia’s 19th-century Spa Springs, which offered natural mineral cures and retreats before fading into obscurity.
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@nichecanada.bsky.socialIn "Wilmot Springs: Nova Scotia’s Elixir Vitae," Colby Gaudet writes about Nova Scotia’s 19th-century Spa Springs, which offered natural mineral cures and retreats before fading into obscurity.
@alexandreklein.bsky.social(Talk) Hippocratic and Atomistic Influence in De meteoris microcosmi (1621) by Estevão Rodrigues de Castro histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/linf... #histmed
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: Anesthesia History Calendar tinyurl.com/2s3badwm [PDF] I’ve also made this resource available at the Internet Archive tinyurl.com/5n857wpy #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: Item in the Perth [Australia] Inquirer 24 May 1848 describing an amputation & tooth removal operations under chloroform tinyurl.com/ybv8n9sw #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: William Walker [8 May 1824-12 Sept 1860] was an American physician, lawyer, journalist & mercenary in Mexico & Central America. Briefly President of Nicaragua. Graduate of Univ of Penn Medical School tinyurl.com/3eyuvhcy #histmed #medicalhistory
@museumofhealthcare.bsky.socialWhat's in our 1940's midwife kit?
-obstetrical crutch
-fetal stethoscope
-pelvimeter
-perforator
-axis-traction forceps
-hypodermic needle
-anesthetic mask frame
-rubber apron
-perineum needles
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialFIBRIN ORIGIN DEVELOPMENT ANIMAL ORGANISM 1845 GOODMAN Longevity HEALTH Medicine
#books #antiquarian #history #medicine #health #Fibrin #blood #disease #histmed #bookauction
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@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: AE Sansom’s “On the Action of Anaesthetics; And On the Administration of Chloroform” Br Med J 1864 Sept 10 tinyurl.com/ybj9ufxm #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Patent Medicine Trade Card: Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup Co. was located in Jackson, Michigan tinyurl.com/bd4ud6dp From the Helfand Collection @NYAMHistory #histmed #medicalhistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Find: “What If Thomas Beddoes & Humphry Davy Had Attempted Surgical Anesthesia in 1799?” tinyurl.com/yb8w3a9m #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@medinternational.bsky.socialMeet our CI, Prof. Paula Michaels. She bridges Eastern & Western European histories to examine how medicine is mobilised for political goals. Her work leads our ARC project on Cold War medical diplomacy research.monash.edu/en/persons/paula-michaels/
#HistMed #HistSci #ColdWarHistory #MedHist
@amshealthcare.caThe US Supreme Court’s decision on Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy renewed debate about free speech and protecting minors. Dr. Andrea Ens shares the history of the psychological and emotional harms absent in the legal debate.
Read it here: buff.ly/HiuSA1Z
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Vintage Book Cover: British author Olive Norton [1913-1973] used several pseudonyms, including this one for her 1963 novel tinyurl.com/uz2kc6zr Her many books included several medical romances #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: EP Howland’s article “The Successful Administration of Nitrous Oxide as an anæsthetic for Dental and Surgical Operations” Science 10 Sept 1881 tinyurl.com/y6jfd2x2 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social1955 Sept 10: U.S. TV western “Gunsmoke” premiered. Several episodes include anesthesia & surgery. A medicine show with nitrous oxide demonstrations is featured in the "Laughing Gas" episode first broadcast 29 March 1958 bit.ly/1x0UX5t #histmed #medicalhistory
@lignedescience.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy#Agenda "Naître", vendredi prochain à l'Académie de médecine.
Un programme qui fait envie :
https://bibliotheque.academie-medecine.fr/6eme-journee-art-et-medecine-a-lacademie/
#histmed #artsci #sciart
@mqassiti.bsky.social@lignedescience.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy#Parution Deprived of Sense and Intellect: Insanity, Possession, and Diagnosis in Medieval Europe, by Leigh Ann Craig.
https://press.umich.edu/Books/D/Deprived-of-Sense-and-Intellect
#histmed #toreadlist #histpsy