1/1/1862 — b. Georgina Pope, Canadian nursing leader. The first matron of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (1908) + the first Canadian #military nurse to be a recipient of a Royal Red Cross Class 1 medal (1903) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky #MedHist #CanadianHistory #BOTD
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
1/1/1862 — b. Georgina Pope, Canadian nursing leader. The first matron of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (1908) + the first Canadian #military nurse to be a recipient of a Royal Red Cross Class 1 medal (1903) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky #MedHist #CanadianHistory #BOTD
'Tis the season!
“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'Tis the season!
“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
This remarkably detailed wax anatomical model (1787) is housed at the Javier Puerta Museum. Wax models like this were used for teaching anatomy to medical students at a time when few bodies were available for dissection. It demonstrates the merging of art and science. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This remarkably detailed wax anatomical model (1787) is housed at the Javier Puerta Museum. Wax models like this were used for teaching anatomy to medical students at a time when few bodies were available for dissection. It demonstrates the merging of art and science. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
The response to SLEUTH-HOUND's cover reveal has blown me away. Thank you to everyone who has preordered—early sales are what give a new book its legs, and you are giving this one a running start!
Signed copies still available: shorturl.at/fdGnV #booksky #medhist
Signed copies still available: shorturl.at/fdGnV #booksky #medhist
1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵
I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective.
Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV
I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective.
Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV
April 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The response to SLEUTH-HOUND's cover reveal has blown me away. Thank you to everyone who has preordered—early sales are what give a new book its legs, and you are giving this one a running start!
Signed copies still available: shorturl.at/fdGnV #booksky #medhist
Signed copies still available: shorturl.at/fdGnV #booksky #medhist
The COCARETTE was a cigarette made with coca & tobacco leaves, c.1885. The company claimed that coca was “the finest nerve tonic and exhilarator ever discovered.”
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The COCARETTE was a cigarette made with coca & tobacco leaves, c.1885. The company claimed that coca was “the finest nerve tonic and exhilarator ever discovered.”
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed
14th English herbalist Henry Daniel included soap in his herbal, and described French soap, nutmeg soap, soft soap, black soap, "Saracen soap" (i.e. Muslim), soap the Jews use to wash silk.
He prescribed it medically with warm water for skin conditions: "scabbe", serpigo, impetigo.
#histmed #medhist
He prescribed it medically with warm water for skin conditions: "scabbe", serpigo, impetigo.
#histmed #medhist
September 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Too early for #ValentinesDay2026? Here's a life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century.
Photo: Alex Peck
#medicalhistory #medhist #histmed #skystorians #history #med #sciart
Photo: Alex Peck
#medicalhistory #medhist #histmed #skystorians #history #med #sciart
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Too early for #ValentinesDay2026? Here's a life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century.
Photo: Alex Peck
#medicalhistory #medhist #histmed #skystorians #history #med #sciart
Photo: Alex Peck
#medicalhistory #medhist #histmed #skystorians #history #med #sciart
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I love this bandage from c.1900 featuring illustrations on how to wrap wounds resulting from accidents involving a soldier, a sailor, a miner, and a woman whose clothes have caught fire. This amazing object is part of the Wellcome Collection in London.
#skystorians #medhist #science #sciart 🧪
#skystorians #medhist #science #sciart 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love this bandage from c.1900 featuring illustrations on how to wrap wounds resulting from accidents involving a soldier, a sailor, a miner, and a woman whose clothes have caught fire. This amazing object is part of the Wellcome Collection in London.
#skystorians #medhist #science #sciart 🧪
#skystorians #medhist #science #sciart 🧪
I must tell you about opium and the fens.
Until around 1870, the fens were very unreliably drained.
And where there is standing water, there are mosquitos.
And where there are mosquitos, at least at that point, there was malaria.
Until around 1870, the fens were very unreliably drained.
And where there is standing water, there are mosquitos.
And where there are mosquitos, at least at that point, there was malaria.
March 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My book will be out in a few days. Might be of interest for those interested in French First World War History
December 11, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Thanks @michellefranklin.bsky.social for having me on Legends and Lectures. It was a great chat about so many facets of medieval medicine and disease and myths!
#histmed #medhist #plague
#histmed #medhist #plague
LIVE NOW:
LEGENDS AND LECTURES welcomes Dr @winstonblack.bsky.social to talk about the history of the plague, Medieval medicine, and Middle Age myths!
youtu.be/6bqkuRLVQ08?...
LEGENDS AND LECTURES welcomes Dr @winstonblack.bsky.social to talk about the history of the plague, Medieval medicine, and Middle Age myths!
youtu.be/6bqkuRLVQ08?...
The History of Medieval Medicine
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
youtu.be
September 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Thanks @michellefranklin.bsky.social for having me on Legends and Lectures. It was a great chat about so many facets of medieval medicine and disease and myths!
#histmed #medhist #plague
#histmed #medhist #plague
Through my letterbox today! Can't wait to dive in (and maybe read to my 8 month old!) @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social #history #skystorians #medhist #booksky
May 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Through my letterbox today! Can't wait to dive in (and maybe read to my 8 month old!) @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social #history #skystorians #medhist #booksky
This three-pronged instrument is called a cephalotribe, and dates to c.1750. In cases of obstructed labor, it was used to aid in the delivery of stillborn babies by compressing the skull. It was done as a last resort to save the mother's life. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
July 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This three-pronged instrument is called a cephalotribe, and dates to c.1750. In cases of obstructed labor, it was used to aid in the delivery of stillborn babies by compressing the skull. It was done as a last resort to save the mother's life. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
Visiting surgeons crowd around Denton Cooley to observe a coronary artery bypass, c.1970s. Cooley achieved worldwide fame in 1969, when he became the first surgeon to implant an artificial heart into a man named Haskell Karp. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
April 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Visiting surgeons crowd around Denton Cooley to observe a coronary artery bypass, c.1970s. Cooley achieved worldwide fame in 1969, when he became the first surgeon to implant an artificial heart into a man named Haskell Karp. #histmed #medhist #skystorians
In the 1930s, Listerine cigarettes were created. The tobacco was infused with the same antiseptic oils used in the mouthwash for a "cooling and soothing effect." Listerine cigarettes were evidently not very popular because there is almost no record of their existence. #histmed #skystorians #medhist
April 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In the 1930s, Listerine cigarettes were created. The tobacco was infused with the same antiseptic oils used in the mouthwash for a "cooling and soothing effect." Listerine cigarettes were evidently not very popular because there is almost no record of their existence. #histmed #skystorians #medhist
From the archive of All Things Georgian, 'Resuscitation in the Eighteenth-Century' wp.me/p3JTNy-3Hh #medhist #18c #18thc
May 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
From the archive of All Things Georgian, 'Resuscitation in the Eighteenth-Century' wp.me/p3JTNy-3Hh #medhist #18c #18thc
'Tis the season!
Physicians expressing their thanks to Influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed #histsci #sciart #fluseason #flu
Physicians expressing their thanks to Influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed #histsci #sciart #fluseason #flu
December 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
'Tis the season!
Physicians expressing their thanks to Influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed #histsci #sciart #fluseason #flu
Physicians expressing their thanks to Influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
#skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed #histsci #sciart #fluseason #flu
Hey @surgeonshall.bsky.social a lovely accessioning session today included Mr. George Marshall's 'perpetual hospital ticket' allowing him access to the wards, operating theatre and post-mortem examinations at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1925. #histsurgery #medhist #histmed
May 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hey @surgeonshall.bsky.social a lovely accessioning session today included Mr. George Marshall's 'perpetual hospital ticket' allowing him access to the wards, operating theatre and post-mortem examinations at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1925. #histsurgery #medhist #histmed
Medieval women relied on more than the skill of the midwife for the safe delivery of mother and baby.
wellcomecollection.org/series/prote...
wellcomecollection.org/series/prote...
Protection and the medieval birth scroll
A medieval protective amulet for childbirth that was the focus of hopes, fears and devotion for centuries can still evokes an emotional response in the 21st century.
wellcomecollection.org
June 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Glasgow fought tuberculosis long after rates fell elsewhere in Britain. In 1957, the city launched a month-long mass X-ray drive—backed by a full media blitz. This ad appeared on the side of a tram. This image is from the Wellcome Collection, London.
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Glasgow fought tuberculosis long after rates fell elsewhere in Britain. In 1957, the city launched a month-long mass X-ray drive—backed by a full media blitz. This ad appeared on the side of a tram. This image is from the Wellcome Collection, London.
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
Book talk today in Gothenburg. Looking forward to talking about Lutheran super-bodies.
#EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
#EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Book talk today in Gothenburg. Looking forward to talking about Lutheran super-bodies.
#EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
#EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
#medhums #medicalhumanities #healthhumanities #medhist people, please circulate and help Marie Allitt with connections
I’ve started a Medical/ Health Humanities Starter Pack - it’s still in progress so will be adding more. Let me know if want to be added/removed - I realise some might only want to be Hist Med or Disability Studies
September 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
#medhums #medicalhumanities #healthhumanities #medhist people, please circulate and help Marie Allitt with connections
'Medicine: A Magnificently Illustrated History' is the perfect book for anyone who wants to learn about everything from potions and ointments to modern day bionics!
Pick up a copy in the #OldOpShop:
🔗 https://buff.ly/4hmB0hK
#MedHist #PharmHist #Shelfie #NowReading
Pick up a copy in the #OldOpShop:
🔗 https://buff.ly/4hmB0hK
#MedHist #PharmHist #Shelfie #NowReading
January 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Medicine: A Magnificently Illustrated History' is the perfect book for anyone who wants to learn about everything from potions and ointments to modern day bionics!
Pick up a copy in the #OldOpShop:
🔗 https://buff.ly/4hmB0hK
#MedHist #PharmHist #Shelfie #NowReading
Pick up a copy in the #OldOpShop:
🔗 https://buff.ly/4hmB0hK
#MedHist #PharmHist #Shelfie #NowReading