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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

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NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor. Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice & razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. .. more

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Samuel Jackson Holmes was an American zoologist and eugenicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1912 to 1938. He was a genetics researcher who studied animal behavior, heredity, and evolution. Over the course of his career he migrated from studying animals to humans, taking the behaviors and traits learned in the former and looking for them in the latter. .. more

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Oct 17

Another mass Twitter exodus! Welcome, followers - old and new.

If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.

From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!

A photo of Lindsey with long blonde hair wearing a skull necklace. The background is vaguely medical.

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 5h

Hello everyone.

Just a quick update to let you know that I have had my surgery and I am back at home, where I am not allowed to do anything while I recover!

There were some complications over blood pressure which need looking at, so the next episode may continue to be slightly delayed. Sorry! 😢

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 6h

Dental Phantom, c.1898. Or, what it feels like to live in 2025.

The dental phantom was first created by the Glaswegian dentist Eduard Oswald Fergus a few years earlier as a tool for students to practice their craft before working on human subjects.

A metal head with a mouth wide open as if it is screaming. Inside are a full set of dentures.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 22h

Another legend gone.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning Annie Hall star, dies at 79

Legendary actor, director and producer was also known for her starring performances in The Godfather franchise and ‘The First Wives Club’

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 22h

You could wear a bin bag and look stunning

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 22h

lol literally! I felt less alone in my outrageousness 😂💜

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 23h

For real 😂😂

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Here's my Connery/007 painting, which is still available in my Etsy store. Link in my Bluesky bio.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Sean Connery as James Bond. He is seated alone at a casino table. Blurred figures are in the background.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 1d

There’s always room for Love’s Undertaker! Thanks for being the best. It’s never enough time.

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Farhana Shahzady @lawmenopause.bsky.social · 1d

Making history!!

Thank you ladies for including a family lawyer (aka love’s undertaker!) into the mix ⭐️ @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social @rebeccarideal.bsky.social

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 1d

I have a bright future as a cinematographer

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 1d

Last night, @rebeccarideal.bsky.social, @katewilliamsme.bsky.social and I decided to take a rickshaw through Soho. I recorded a video for our friend who is currently in labor, thinking this would cheer her up.

Reader: this is how the video turned out in my expert hands 😂

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 1d

Yep!

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Love this

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lol omg yes 😂😂 I feel this

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😂😂💜

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Guys… imagine this in a super casual bar 😂

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

I also arrived at the bar way too early and everyone is dressed casually. I’m in a black trench but underneath is a purple sequin romper that took considerable courage to don and… I may never take this coat off 😂

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Doing my best Farah Fawcett for a girls’ night out in London

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the Mark Zuckerberg puppet I designed for Spitting Image.

#caricature #art

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

I posted about this too - so scary 😩

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely explore your options. Though I have to say, the far right movement is growing in the UK too. We may all be in the same boat, we're just a bit behind you at the moment.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2d

I’m American, too (dual citizen) - with parents over there. It’s really concerning. I’m sorry you have to live on it.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 3d

As someone who was recently prevented from boarding a flight from Chicago to the UK - a situation that took 3.5 weeks to sort, during which I nearly ran out of vital cancer medication - this frightens me. I have family in the US, but I'm increasingly hesitant to return...

Be careful out there.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 3d

This is a book about how failure is an essential component to scientific progress. How did a rail accident lead to the removal of a brain tumor in 1884? What does an air conditioner unit have to do with polio? Find out in DEAD ENDS! Also available here: shorturl.at/JgWJj

@tealcartoons.bsky.social

A cartoon of a heart in a hospital bed hooked up to monitors

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 3d

When does death begin?

In the 18th century, no one could agree—some said when the pulse stopped, others when the body began to rot. Out of that debate came a century of strange experiments on severed heads.

Learn more in our kids’ book DEAD ENDS (w/ @tealcartoons.bsky.social): shorturl.at/FS3nd

A cartoon by Adrian Teal that depicts a guillotine and a severed head, with a modern-looking doctor holding a stethoscope to the head.

The cover of DEAD ENDS featuring a cartoon man being electrocuted back to life

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 3d

In this self-portrait by Pieter Van Laer (known as Il Bamboccio), ca. 1635–37, the artist portrays himself performing a magic ritual and, to his own horror, having summoned up some kind of demon. The sheet music has his signature and the words “il diavolo non burla” (“the devil doesn’t jest”)