History of Medicine Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2026 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/semi... #histSTM #histmed
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@alexandreklein.bsky.socialHistory of Medicine Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2026 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/semi... #histSTM #histmed
@bhgross144.bsky.social"Did an interesting operation at the hospital this morning while the patient was under the influence of Dr. Morton's preparation to prevent pain." -John Collins Warren (Oct. 16, 1846)
Happy #EtherDay, everyone!
@rcpmuseum.bsky.socialThe RCP’s portrait of famous physician William Harvey (1578-1657) has returned to pride of place in the Dorchester Library following careful frame conservation & reglazing.
Read the full story of the process in our latest blog 👉
history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/william...
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Find: This 1936 silent film reenacts the Oct 16, 1846 use of ether anesthesia at Mass General Hospital "Ether Dome" in Boston bit.ly/1vqe4ir #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory Available on YouTube
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Photo: Inside the Ether Dome some years ago when I visited the Boston site of the first public anesthesia demonstration on 16 Oct 1846. Is that John Collins Warren's original projector there? tinyurl.com/hb5tm9o #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Music: Composer/musician Richard Bone's 1999 album "Ether Dome," inspired by the events there in Boston on 16 Oct 1846 tinyurl.com/ydd82upk #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social2001 Oct 16: Medical historian Barbara Duncum died. She published a major history, “Development of Inhalation Anaesthesia” in 1947. Still a classic; available at the Internet Archive: tinyurl.com/396z594k #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social1708 Oct 16: Swiss physician Albrecht von Haller born; died 12 Dec 1777. Often called the father of experimental physiology tinyurl.com/wpkxj8ep #histmed #medicalhistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Ad: From Life Magazine 16 Oct 1944 Sponsored by the National Dairy Products Corporation. a precursor of the original Kraft Foods tinyurl.com/wega5mb #histmed #medicalhistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday's Find: "What November May Bring: The First 37 Days of Surgical Anesthesia" after William Morton's demonstration 16 Oct 1846 at Mass Gen Hosp tinyurl.com/yacrsnha #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory
@readex.com🌍 Today is Global Handwashing Day--a crucial component of public health. Explore the post-WWII emergence of the World Health Organization on the Readex Blog: https://ow.ly/e3Wu50ZXHmt
#GlobalHandwashingDay #HealthHist #HealthHistory #Histmed #PrimarySources
@rcpmuseum.bsky.socialAndreas Vesalius 16th C book 'De humani corporis fabrica' is one of the most famous books in the history of medicine & art. It shows the human body with a previously unknown level of detail, accuracy & artistic flair.
Discover more 👉
history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: “RFDS: Royal Flying Doctors Service” an Australian medical TV show based on that country’s real air medical service. First series premiered 11 Aug 2021 tinyurl.com/ywrnez9v & tinyurl.com/569h3yy9 #histmed #medicalhistory
@ajwrightmls.bsky.socialToday’s Find: “China Sky” 1945 film in which Randolph Scott & Ruth Warrick star as doctors in China during World War II. Based on the 1941 Pearl S. Buck novel tinyurl.com/6yn5fbbh #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfilm
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social1936 Aug 9: American mystery writer Arthur B. Reeve died tinyurl.com/znw5kqf Curare makes an appearance in his 1915 novel "Gold of the Gods", one of the Craig Kennedy series tinyurl.com/ybobo2s7 Reeve was born 15 Oct 1880 #histmed #medicalhistory
@simonjones.bsky.socialIf a kind person could send me this pdf, I would be both happy and very grateful:
Leonard W. Russell, Insulin and Cardiazol: Experiences of the Combined Method, Journal of Mental Science, Volume 84, Issue 352, September 1938, pp. 672 - 676. #histmed
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social1854 Oct 3: William C. Gorgas born in #Toulminville #Alabama Physician & 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army best known for his work fighting mosquito-borne yellow fever & malaria in Florida, Cuba & the Panama Canal t.co/ACRNSfuv5J He died 3 July 1920 #histmed
@belgrade18.bsky.socialMy Halloween blog post went live this morning 🎃 blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/...
#rarebooks #anatomy #arthistory #histmed #skeletons #halloween #libraryofcongress
@bhgross144.bsky.socialAgreed--We need more #histmed emoji!
How are we supposed to represent a noxious miasma on social media--🌫️? 🌁?!
@barbarasplendor.bsky.socialQuale posto migliore di Trento per parlare di ignoranza e conoscenza dei funghi? il 29 ottobre alla fondazione Kessler! #histscie #fungifriends #histmed
