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
The Medical Artifact Collection is pleased to present a new exhibit curated by @westernupublichistory students Erin Case, Kim DelMedico, and Audrey McKenzie! Stop by Lawson Hall to get your dose of "Rx: Take Twice Daily"! #LdnOnt #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #publichistory #pharmacyhistory
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The Medical Artifact Collection is pleased to present a new exhibit curated by @westernupublichistory students Erin Case, Kim DelMedico, and Audrey McKenzie! Stop by Lawson Hall to get your dose of "Rx: Take Twice Daily"! #LdnOnt #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #publichistory #pharmacyhistory
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!
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
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
Looking for something to do this weekend in Ann Arbor that _isn’t_ holiday-related?
Check out the #medicalhistory museum exhibit at the Museum on Main Street, with 175 years’ worth of Univ of Michigan artifacts, photos & fascinating facts! MichMed.org/museum
#histmed #medhist
Check out the #medicalhistory museum exhibit at the Museum on Main Street, with 175 years’ worth of Univ of Michigan artifacts, photos & fascinating facts! MichMed.org/museum
#histmed #medhist
175 years of U-M medical history come alive in new exhibit
A free museum exhibit explores the medical history of the University of Michigan from 1850 to today.
MichMed.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Looking for something to do this weekend in Ann Arbor that _isn’t_ holiday-related?
Check out the #medicalhistory museum exhibit at the Museum on Main Street, with 175 years’ worth of Univ of Michigan artifacts, photos & fascinating facts! MichMed.org/museum
#histmed #medhist
Check out the #medicalhistory museum exhibit at the Museum on Main Street, with 175 years’ worth of Univ of Michigan artifacts, photos & fascinating facts! MichMed.org/museum
#histmed #medhist
BUILD A FEED ! If the attached example, the medical historians didn't all get together and agree 1 hashtag, so I created a feed that covers the 3 common ones. (7/21)
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BUILD A FEED ! If the attached example, the medical historians didn't all get together and agree 1 hashtag, so I created a feed that covers the 3 common ones. (7/21)
ooh - I must check if my pass for the National Archives is still active, so I can go and have a look at this.
#MedHist
#MedHist
A new guest post by Helen Rutherford: 'Mapping Death: The Atlas of Victorian Coroners' Districts'
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/12/11/m...
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/12/11/m...
Mapping Death: The Atlas of Victorian Coroners’ Districts
In this guest post, Helen Rutherford explores what a unique atlas of Victorian coroners’ districts might tell us about technologies of knowledge and death investigation.
legalhistorymiscellany.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ooh - I must check if my pass for the National Archives is still active, so I can go and have a look at this.
#MedHist
#MedHist
#MedHist songs?
"You say you hate the swamp woman
What the hell are you on about?
Do you even know the difference
Between a swamp and an ancient bog?
In a bog you are pickled, in a swamp you would decompose
You're just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose"
The Bog Body by Viagra Boys
"You say you hate the swamp woman
What the hell are you on about?
Do you even know the difference
Between a swamp and an ancient bog?
In a bog you are pickled, in a swamp you would decompose
You're just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose"
The Bog Body by Viagra Boys
Viagra Boys — The Bog Body (Official Video)
YouTube video by viagra boys
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#MedHist songs?
"You say you hate the swamp woman
What the hell are you on about?
Do you even know the difference
Between a swamp and an ancient bog?
In a bog you are pickled, in a swamp you would decompose
You're just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose"
The Bog Body by Viagra Boys
"You say you hate the swamp woman
What the hell are you on about?
Do you even know the difference
Between a swamp and an ancient bog?
In a bog you are pickled, in a swamp you would decompose
You're just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose"
The Bog Body by Viagra Boys
@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social asked for a Medical History feed.
All three variations on #MedHist #HistMed #MedicalHistory
Sorted by create date/time (Last 7 days only)
Includes replies & shows the thread
Your wish is my command:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
All three variations on #MedHist #HistMed #MedicalHistory
Sorted by create date/time (Last 7 days only)
Includes replies & shows the thread
Your wish is my command:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social asked for a Medical History feed.
All three variations on #MedHist #HistMed #MedicalHistory
Sorted by create date/time (Last 7 days only)
Includes replies & shows the thread
Your wish is my command:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
All three variations on #MedHist #HistMed #MedicalHistory
Sorted by create date/time (Last 7 days only)
Includes replies & shows the thread
Your wish is my command:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Try this and 'Pin' to your feeds
I added all three hashtags - #medhist #histmed and #MedicalHistory
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I added all three hashtags - #medhist #histmed and #MedicalHistory
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Try this and 'Pin' to your feeds
I added all three hashtags - #medhist #histmed and #MedicalHistory
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I added all three hashtags - #medhist #histmed and #MedicalHistory
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Yeah, I'd love for you to create a #MedicalHistory feed! I think people use #histmed #medhist more - I don't know. I know so little about feeds so have never really investigated but as @bschillace.brandyschillace.com pointed out, that's probably where I'm going wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yeah, I'd love for you to create a #MedicalHistory feed! I think people use #histmed #medhist more - I don't know. I know so little about feeds so have never really investigated but as @bschillace.brandyschillace.com pointed out, that's probably where I'm going wrong.
The New New #Clio Guide to the #History of #Medicine by Pascal Hopfendorf and Christian Sammer @sammerschris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.60693/6sc...
#skystorians #medhist #histmed #histsci
doi.org/10.60693/6sc...
#skystorians #medhist #histmed #histsci
Clio-Guide: Medizingeschichte | Clio-online Guides. Ein Handbuch zu digitalen Ressourcen für die Geschichtswissenschaften
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The New New #Clio Guide to the #History of #Medicine by Pascal Hopfendorf and Christian Sammer @sammerschris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.60693/6sc...
#skystorians #medhist #histmed #histsci
doi.org/10.60693/6sc...
#skystorians #medhist #histmed #histsci
This is an interesting theory. I haven't read the paper yet but will be doing so very soon.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The paper can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#medhist #medieval #medicine #medievalsky #skystorians
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The paper can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#medhist #medieval #medicine #medievalsky #skystorians
Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's Black Death plague
A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is an interesting theory. I haven't read the paper yet but will be doing so very soon.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The paper can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#medhist #medieval #medicine #medievalsky #skystorians
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The paper can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#medhist #medieval #medicine #medievalsky #skystorians
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 🧪
'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 🧪
Another addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography. Why, when this relates to the 3rd Pandemic, instead of the 2nd? B/c the science about plague we've acquired from the unfortunate experience of Madagascar informs everything we can do in #medhist. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Evaluating the early diversification of Yersinia pestis and its phylogeographic expansion over 96 years of evolution in Madagascar - Communications Biology
A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, provides insight into the diversity and evolution of this pathogen in Madagascar. This study provides valuable ...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Another addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography. Why, when this relates to the 3rd Pandemic, instead of the 2nd? B/c the science about plague we've acquired from the unfortunate experience of Madagascar informs everything we can do in #medhist. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
If you’re in Ann Arbor right now and not watching football, or you need something to do tomorrow afternoon, check out the @umich.edu medical history exhibit at the Museum on Main Street!
michmed.org/museum #histmed #medhist
michmed.org/museum #histmed #medhist
175 years of U-M medical history come alive in new exhibit
A free museum exhibit explores the medical history of the University of Michigan from 1850 to today.
michmed.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you’re in Ann Arbor right now and not watching football, or you need something to do tomorrow afternoon, check out the @umich.edu medical history exhibit at the Museum on Main Street!
michmed.org/museum #histmed #medhist
michmed.org/museum #histmed #medhist
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
At Pentonville at 9 am #OnThisDay in 1910 John Ellis executed the murderer of Cora Crippen. That decade he also hanged poisoner Frederick Seddon and Sir Roger Casement, whilst he played an executioner in a drama on the life of Charlie Peace in 1927. #CM150 #OTD #onthisdayinhistory #medhist
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At Pentonville at 9 am #OnThisDay in 1910 John Ellis executed the murderer of Cora Crippen. That decade he also hanged poisoner Frederick Seddon and Sir Roger Casement, whilst he played an executioner in a drama on the life of Charlie Peace in 1927. #CM150 #OTD #onthisdayinhistory #medhist
NICOLAS LEMERY 1733 DICTIONNAIRE DROGUES SIMPLES Plates DRUGS PLANTS ANIMALS MEDICINE
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
NICOLAS LEMERY 1733 DICTIONNAIRE DROGUES SIMPLES Plates DRUGS PLANTS ANIMALS MEDICINE
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
NICOLAS LEMERY 1733 DICTIONNAIRE DROGUES SIMPLES Plates DRUGS PLANTS ANIMALS MEDICINE
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NICOLAS LEMERY 1733 DICTIONNAIRE DROGUES SIMPLES Plates DRUGS PLANTS ANIMALS MEDICINE
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #drugs #dictionary #medicine #plants #botany #medhist #uses #methods #etymology #simples #plates #French #bookauction
bit.ly/3JYRLUQ
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social caught the ivory anatomical mannikin in the new Frankenstein, and there are more shoutouts for fans of #medhist! I was delighted that the wooden anatomy tables Harlander shows Frankenstein are clearly based on the Evelyn tables:
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Evelyn Tables
Evelyn Tables; Anatomical table No. 1, showing the spinal cord and nerves of the trunk and extremities of the human body, dissected and laid onto a wooden board.
One of a set of four tables prepare...
surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social caught the ivory anatomical mannikin in the new Frankenstein, and there are more shoutouts for fans of #medhist! I was delighted that the wooden anatomy tables Harlander shows Frankenstein are clearly based on the Evelyn tables:
On World Pneumonia Day (stoppneumonia.org/latest/world...), learn about controlled trials through history by reading Scott Podolsky's article about trials of treatments for pneumonia in the 1920s 👇
www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/jes...
#WorldPneumoniaDay #Pneumonia #MedHist
www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/jes...
#WorldPneumoniaDay #Pneumonia #MedHist
Jesse Bullowa, specific treatment for pneumonia, and the development of the controlled clinical trial. - The James Lind Library
Introduction Jesse Bullowa’s 1928 report on the use of antipneumococcic serum in lobar pneumonia (Bullowa 1928a) was subtitled “Data necessary for a comparison between cases treated with serum and ...
www.jameslindlibrary.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On World Pneumonia Day (stoppneumonia.org/latest/world...), learn about controlled trials through history by reading Scott Podolsky's article about trials of treatments for pneumonia in the 1920s 👇
www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/jes...
#WorldPneumoniaDay #Pneumonia #MedHist
www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/jes...
#WorldPneumoniaDay #Pneumonia #MedHist