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April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. The Medical Artifact Collection has a small collection of limb loss and limb difference-related documents. Learn more: bit.ly/44jbvse #LLLDAM #LLLDAM2024 #medhist #medicalhistory @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
This week's #DiagnosisFriday artifact is a Queen Square reflex hammer, invented around 1925. Learn more here: bit.ly/3wesiQv Congrats to @Lignedescience for guessing correctly! #WesternU #MedHist #MedicalHistory #LdnOnt @westernupubhist @westernuHistory
Happy #DiagnosisFriday! Can you guess this medical artifact? #westernu #ldnont #medhist #medicalhistory @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
@CiaraBreath and I recently came together to discuss locating Irish women in medical/institutional records for Women's History Month, hosted by @AsMedHum The recording (in the link below) is available for all association members, many thanks to all who attended #medhist #amhh
@CiaraBreath and I recently came together to discuss locating Irish women in medical/institutional records for Women's History Month, hosted by @AsMedHum The recording (in the link below) is available for all association members, many thanks to all who attended #medhist #amhh
#TreatmentTuesday is back with a bandage roller, which stores a bandage roll and has a crank on the side to ease rolling and unrolling of the bandage as needed. Learn more: bit.ly/3Uu49id #WesternU #MedHist #MedicalHistory #LdnOnt @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
We think bad medical advice is #SomethingScary. J Perry Philben, a "healer" here in #Nebraska, purportedly cured migraines and rheutamism, fixed people's eyesight, etc. All w treatment at his sanitarium. We are unconvinced despite these many testimonials. #Archive30 #MedHist
Thursday 16 May. Free talk at the museum from 6:30pm. REBUILDING THE PAST: WORCESTER DISPENSARY with Sarah Dentith. All welcome. The museum will remain open after hours until the talk starts at 6:30pm. #histpharm #histmed #medhist medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…
These shots are from an early 20th century nurse's photo album, part of our #HealthArchives. She documents her career, from training in Omaha, #Nebraska, to adventures, medical and not, elsewhere (lack of annotations makes it hard to definitively say where). #Archive30 #MedHist
Our curator joined writer Therese Estacion last year to present on amputee experiences past and present for an event by the Canadian Association for Health Humanities. Watch here: bit.ly/3VT94KK #LLLDAM #LLLDAM2024 #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #ldnont #MuseumMonday
Today’s #DiagnosisFriday is a shoe stretcher. Used to stretch out a person’s shoe next to the joint at the base of the big toe, it made wearing shoes more comfortable for people with bunions! #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #ldnont @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
College of Graduate Health Sciences 📸 from the 1992 Asklepieion Yearbook #FlashbackFriday #ArchiveFriday #MemphisMed #MedHist
It's time for another #DiagnosisFriday! Can you guess what this artifact is? Let us know! #westernu #ldnont #medicalhistory #medhist @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
CLINIQUE CHIRURGICALE 1829 LARREY 3v MILITARY MEDICINE HOSPITAL SURGERY French #books #antiquarian #history #19thcentury #medicine #military #medhist #French #bookauction bit.ly/43Y55yh
Happy #MuseumMonday! April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. The artificial leg in our collection was patented in 1901-- learn more here: bit.ly/43QJBn6 #LLLDAM #LLLDAM2024 #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #ldnont @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
This week’s #DiagnosisFriday is a replica Leeuwenhoek microscope, invented in the mid-1600s by Dutch microbiologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Learn how it worked here: bit.ly/43QZ4DQ @westernuHistory @westernupubhist #WesternU #MedHist #MedicalHistory #LdnOnt
Happy #DiagnosisFriday! Can you guess what this artifact is? #westernu #ldnont #medhist #medicalhistory @westernuHistory @westernupubhist
In honor of #inhalers becoming cheaper, here’s a brief #medhist 🧵 on their predecessor: #asthma cigarettes 🚬 and how they were probably more effective than you think (1/4) #medicalhistory #medicine
ROHAULT 1702 PHYSICA Latin CLARKE Plates PHYSICS Science ISAAC NEWTON #books #antiquarian #medicine #18thcentury #science #Latin #medhist #physics #IsaacNewton #bookauction bit.ly/3xmnfhc
April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month! Join us each #MuseumMonday as we explore the history of limb loss and difference & share your stories! #LLLDAM #LLLDAM2024 #westernu #medhist #medicalhistory #ldnont @westernupubhist @westernuHistory @TheWarAmps @AmputeesUSA