Today’s Find: American nurse Ellen La Motte’s 1916 book “The Backwash of War” tinyurl.com/ybdv9uzg #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory
October 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Today’s Find: American nurse Ellen La Motte’s 1916 book “The Backwash of War” tinyurl.com/ybdv9uzg #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory
In this OA article, Paige Donaghy argues that historians can take up the framework of ‘obstetric violence’ to study past iterations of this form of gender violence.
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#SkyHistorians #GenderViolence #HistoryofMedicine
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#SkyHistorians #GenderViolence #HistoryofMedicine
Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830
Obstetric violence is a form of gendered violence experienced by pregnant and birthing people, particularly women, during medical care provided in the hospital, clinic or home. Recent scholarship has...
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October 24, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Free! In person event
29 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G ORN
@rcnhistory.bsky.social Annual Lecture with Prof Sioban Nelson #HistNursing #TradeUnions ✊📣
Book your place via the link 👇
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
29 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G ORN
@rcnhistory.bsky.social Annual Lecture with Prof Sioban Nelson #HistNursing #TradeUnions ✊📣
Book your place via the link 👇
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN History of Nursing Lecture: "Into the Ring: the Rise of Unionism"| Event | Royal College of Nursing
Join us for the annual RCN History of Nursing Lecture, delivered by Professor Emeritus Sioban Nelson, on nursing's material culture.
www.rcn.org.uk
October 27, 2026 at 10:08 AM
My review of Eleanor Johnson's MONSTROUS BITCH: A History of Terrifying Women (Princeton University Press, 2026) is out in @draftingthepast.bsky.social!
💙📚🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histmed #politics #gender
💙📚🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histmed #politics #gender
An Incomplete Guide to the Female Monster
A new but limited history of the women who have always terrified men
www.draftingthepast.com
October 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
My review of Eleanor Johnson's MONSTROUS BITCH: A History of Terrifying Women (Princeton University Press, 2026) is out in @draftingthepast.bsky.social!
💙📚🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histmed #politics #gender
💙📚🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histmed #politics #gender
(Leçon inaugurale) L'histoire "par en bas" en médecine : pour quoi faire ? histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/lhis... #histmed
October 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
(Leçon inaugurale) L'histoire "par en bas" en médecine : pour quoi faire ? histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/lhis... #histmed
Come join @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social, @bachynski.bsky.social,
@profgoldberg.bsky.social, Tom Wolfe, and Joe Gabriel, to learn about amicus briefs, the applications of history to court cases, and more. Our advocacy matters!
#HistMed #HistSTM
CC @aahmhistmed.bsky.social
@profgoldberg.bsky.social, Tom Wolfe, and Joe Gabriel, to learn about amicus briefs, the applications of history to court cases, and more. Our advocacy matters!
#HistMed #HistSTM
CC @aahmhistmed.bsky.social
October 27, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Come join @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social, @bachynski.bsky.social,
@profgoldberg.bsky.social, Tom Wolfe, and Joe Gabriel, to learn about amicus briefs, the applications of history to court cases, and more. Our advocacy matters!
#HistMed #HistSTM
CC @aahmhistmed.bsky.social
@profgoldberg.bsky.social, Tom Wolfe, and Joe Gabriel, to learn about amicus briefs, the applications of history to court cases, and more. Our advocacy matters!
#HistMed #HistSTM
CC @aahmhistmed.bsky.social
(Roundtable) Decolonizing Medicine: Contours and Complexities histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/la-d... #histSTM #histmed
October 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
(Roundtable) Decolonizing Medicine: Contours and Complexities histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/la-d... #histSTM #histmed
(New Issue/ Nouveau numéro) Canadian Journal of Health History / Revue canadienne d’histoire de la santé - Volume 43 Issue 1 - May/mai 2026 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/le-d... #histmed
October 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
(New Issue/ Nouveau numéro) Canadian Journal of Health History / Revue canadienne d’histoire de la santé - Volume 43 Issue 1 - May/mai 2026 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/le-d... #histmed
#CA22159 on tour this time in #Dublin! Kicking off our Negotiating Care workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with a very special visit to the archives of the oldest continuously operating maternity hospital in the world, Rotunda Hospital. Got to have a photo opp! #LoveDublin #Speirgorm #HistMed #MedHums
October 28, 2026 at 6:22 PM
#CA22159 on tour this time in #Dublin! Kicking off our Negotiating Care workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with a very special visit to the archives of the oldest continuously operating maternity hospital in the world, Rotunda Hospital. Got to have a photo opp! #LoveDublin #Speirgorm #HistMed #MedHums
A Cure for Lovesickness: Medicine and the Love Discourse in 13th & 14th Century Italian Poetry
@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
📆10 November
🕰️5 pm (CET)
To register 👇
#histmed #histSTM
@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
📆10 November
🕰️5 pm (CET)
To register 👇
#histmed #histSTM
Upcoming Lecture:
𝐀 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡- & 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲
Aleksandra Urbaniak
👉 csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/futur...
#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Lovesickness #Italy #Middleages #Optics
𝐀 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡- & 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲
Aleksandra Urbaniak
👉 csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/futur...
#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Lovesickness #Italy #Middleages #Optics
A Cure for Lovesickness - CSMBR
What are the main similarities and differences between the poetical and medical representations of love in 14th-century Italy. This lecture’s interdisciplinary perspective is meant to contribute to th...
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
October 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A Cure for Lovesickness: Medicine and the Love Discourse in 13th & 14th Century Italian Poetry
@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
📆10 November
🕰️5 pm (CET)
To register 👇
#histmed #histSTM
@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
📆10 November
🕰️5 pm (CET)
To register 👇
#histmed #histSTM
In Oxford? Come along to Dr Ruairidh Macleod talking about ‘The Consequences of the Earliest Outbreaks of Plague in Prehistory’
Not in Oxford? The recording will be published online later on
#histmed #histstm
Not in Oxford? The recording will be published online later on
#histmed #histstm
events.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
10/28/1844 — b. Katharine Brandegee, American physician, botanist, author, editor. One of the most outstanding U.S. female botanists of the 19th century; curator of California Academy of Sciences herbarium (1883-93) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #PlantSky #botany #SciSky #HistSci
October 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
10/28/1844 — b. Katharine Brandegee, American physician, botanist, author, editor. One of the most outstanding U.S. female botanists of the 19th century; curator of California Academy of Sciences herbarium (1883-93) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #PlantSky #botany #SciSky #HistSci
It's Friday--
As you make plans for next week, please consider the offerings over at AAHM's "History of Medicine Week"!
#histmed 🗃️
As you make plans for next week, please consider the offerings over at AAHM's "History of Medicine Week"!
#histmed 🗃️
So pleased and honored to take part in this celebration of HistMed.
On Thursday join Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social, Michelle Bootcov, and me, with host Gwen Kay for the AAHM 2026 Prize Winners Roundtable!
On Thursday join Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social, Michelle Bootcov, and me, with host Gwen Kay for the AAHM 2026 Prize Winners Roundtable!
History of Medicine Week is BACK! 🎉 Join us October 26-30 for a week of free, virtual events, thanks to the wonderful work of the Education & Outreach Committee. Check out the full schedule and register on the AAHM website!
histmed.org/history-of-m...
histmed.org/history-of-m...
October 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
It's Friday--
As you make plans for next week, please consider the offerings over at AAHM's "History of Medicine Week"!
#histmed 🗃️
As you make plans for next week, please consider the offerings over at AAHM's "History of Medicine Week"!
#histmed 🗃️
#HistMed #HistNursing #USA
NLM now have a virtual tour of their collections on healthcare workers - including #nurses
@rcnhistory.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @ukahn.bsky.social
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2026/10/22/c...
NLM now have a virtual tour of their collections on healthcare workers - including #nurses
@rcnhistory.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @ukahn.bsky.social
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2026/10/22/c...
Collection Tour: Healthcare Workers
Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today, we are featuring a selection of materials about healthcare workers and their impor…
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov
October 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
#HistMed #HistNursing #USA
NLM now have a virtual tour of their collections on healthcare workers - including #nurses
@rcnhistory.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @ukahn.bsky.social
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2026/10/22/c...
NLM now have a virtual tour of their collections on healthcare workers - including #nurses
@rcnhistory.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @ukahn.bsky.social
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2026/10/22/c...
Next week our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social colleagues arrive in #Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social just in time for #Halloween! Can't wait to meet everyone and hear the amazing papers we have on the program #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #HistHealth #ReproHist #Healthcare
October 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Next week our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social colleagues arrive in #Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social just in time for #Halloween! Can't wait to meet everyone and hear the amazing papers we have on the program #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #HistHealth #ReproHist #Healthcare
Hey, it’s me! It was really fun to chat with The Monitor about disability and the war! #dishist #histmed
In the latest episode of our "Civil War Breakthroughs" podcast, historian Sarah Handley-Cousins discusses the presence and treatment of the “invisible wounds” suffered by Civil War soldiers. Sponsored by Sons of Union Veterans (suvcw.org). Listen here: tinyurl.com/ykw37tbc
October 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Seale, was the pseudonym of Mary Jane MacPherson (d. 11 March 1974)[1] and A.D.L. MacPherson (d. 30 October 1978), a British writing team of over 45 romance novels from 1932 to 1971 tinyurl.com/ywt7m2ab This one from 1958 #histmed #medicalfiction
October 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Seale, was the pseudonym of Mary Jane MacPherson (d. 11 March 1974)[1] and A.D.L. MacPherson (d. 30 October 1978), a British writing team of over 45 romance novels from 1932 to 1971 tinyurl.com/ywt7m2ab This one from 1958 #histmed #medicalfiction
Well this is a lovely surprise! Very honoured to have been awarded the @urbanhistory.bsky.social Dyos Prize
Thank you so much to the editors and judges
#histmed #histSTM
Thank you so much to the editors and judges
#histmed #histSTM
We're pleased to share that @justinepick.bsky.social has been awarded the Dyos Prize for the best article published in the previous 12 months!
'Perilous privies and public health' uses 1870s-1920s Birmingham to challenge existing ideas on investment in sanitation infrastructure & mortality decline
'Perilous privies and public health' uses 1870s-1920s Birmingham to challenge existing ideas on investment in sanitation infrastructure & mortality decline
October 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Well this is a lovely surprise! Very honoured to have been awarded the @urbanhistory.bsky.social Dyos Prize
Thank you so much to the editors and judges
#histmed #histSTM
Thank you so much to the editors and judges
#histmed #histSTM
i#Histmed #Nursinghist Anybody out there has a scan of this article and could share it with me? James F. Downey, "The Future for Men in Nursing," 'Trained Nurse and Hospital Review 73 [September 1925]: 259.
October 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
i#Histmed #Nursinghist Anybody out there has a scan of this article and could share it with me? James F. Downey, "The Future for Men in Nursing," 'Trained Nurse and Hospital Review 73 [September 1925]: 259.
1902 Oct 25: Author Frank Norris died. In his novel “McTeague” the titular dentist attacks a female patient who is under ether anesthesia. Filmed as “Greed” in Eric von Stroheim’s 1924 silent movie bit.ly/1sHdl0L & tinyurl.com/yybpmwjn #histmed #histdentistry
October 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
1902 Oct 25: Author Frank Norris died. In his novel “McTeague” the titular dentist attacks a female patient who is under ether anesthesia. Filmed as “Greed” in Eric von Stroheim’s 1924 silent movie bit.ly/1sHdl0L & tinyurl.com/yybpmwjn #histmed #histdentistry
💡 Coming up in our Seminar Series:
🗓️Wed 28 Oct | 15.00-16.30
📍Room STR807, Strand building
Riccardo Ferrigato (USI)
Maintaining Victorian submarine telegraphy. Cables’ repair at Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 1864-1914
@riccardoferrigato.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
🗓️Wed 28 Oct | 15.00-16.30
📍Room STR807, Strand building
Riccardo Ferrigato (USI)
Maintaining Victorian submarine telegraphy. Cables’ repair at Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 1864-1914
@riccardoferrigato.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
October 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
💡 Coming up in our Seminar Series:
🗓️Wed 28 Oct | 15.00-16.30
📍Room STR807, Strand building
Riccardo Ferrigato (USI)
Maintaining Victorian submarine telegraphy. Cables’ repair at Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 1864-1914
@riccardoferrigato.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
🗓️Wed 28 Oct | 15.00-16.30
📍Room STR807, Strand building
Riccardo Ferrigato (USI)
Maintaining Victorian submarine telegraphy. Cables’ repair at Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 1864-1914
@riccardoferrigato.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Today’s Find: “Providence” an American medical TV series with a female physician main character who leaves her practice as a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to return home. Ran from 8 Jan 1999 until 20 Dec 2002 #histmed #medicalhistory #medicaltv tinyurl.com/55v73bjc
October 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Today’s Find: “Providence” an American medical TV series with a female physician main character who leaves her practice as a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to return home. Ran from 8 Jan 1999 until 20 Dec 2002 #histmed #medicalhistory #medicaltv tinyurl.com/55v73bjc
The Lothian Health Services Archive (based at Uni of Edinburgh) is looking for a Project Archivist to work with & develop engagement around archives (including video and art works) from the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, Milestone House: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #histmed
Project Archivist (Milestones in Care)
As the Project Archivist (Milestones in Care), you will catalogue, preserve and share the archive of Milestone House, Scotland’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, ensuring its important history and th...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
October 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The Lothian Health Services Archive (based at Uni of Edinburgh) is looking for a Project Archivist to work with & develop engagement around archives (including video and art works) from the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, Milestone House: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #histmed
Today’s Find: A.J. Wright, “Hidden Legacies: Early African-American Physicians in Alabama” tinyurl.com/4r8huzu7 #histmed #medicalhistory #alabama
October 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Today’s Find: A.J. Wright, “Hidden Legacies: Early African-American Physicians in Alabama” tinyurl.com/4r8huzu7 #histmed #medicalhistory #alabama
Today's Photo: U.S. President Bill Clinton visiting a patient at Walter Reed Hospital 23 Oct 1993 tinyurl.com/y686yl9t #histmed #medicalhistory
October 23, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Today's Photo: U.S. President Bill Clinton visiting a patient at Walter Reed Hospital 23 Oct 1993 tinyurl.com/y686yl9t #histmed #medicalhistory