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Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’ @ Somatosphere somatosphere.net/book-review-...
Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’
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November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’ @ Somatosphere somatosphere.net/book-review-...
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This painting depicts Saint Apollonia, a virgin martyr, whose torture included having all her teeth pulled out or shattered. For this reason she is often regarded as the patroness of dentistry.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This painting depicts Saint Apollonia, a virgin martyr, whose torture included having all her teeth pulled out or shattered. For this reason she is often regarded as the patroness of dentistry.
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The Heritage department has been gifted a unique collection from the family of Captain Jack Ennis, a prisoner of war under the Japanese in Singapore during World War Two.
You can read more on our blog: surgeonshallmuseums.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/m...
You can read more on our blog: surgeonshallmuseums.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/m...
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Heritage department has been gifted a unique collection from the family of Captain Jack Ennis, a prisoner of war under the Japanese in Singapore during World War Two.
You can read more on our blog: surgeonshallmuseums.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/m...
You can read more on our blog: surgeonshallmuseums.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/m...
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A gentleman skeleton at a ball asks a lady skeleton to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A gentleman skeleton at a ball asks a lady skeleton to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
Deadline fast approaching. Osler travel grants up to £4000 for UK medical undergraduates to research #medicalhistory in US/Canada using resources not available in UK or online.
Applications close 17 November. More information from: bshm.org.uk/students/
Applications close 17 November. More information from: bshm.org.uk/students/
Students - British Society for the History of Medicine
Student Awards, Grants and Prizes Osler Travel Award for Research in the History of Medicine The purpose of this award is to support medical undergraduates at UK universities who have an interest in...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Deadline fast approaching. Osler travel grants up to £4000 for UK medical undergraduates to research #medicalhistory in US/Canada using resources not available in UK or online.
Applications close 17 November. More information from: bshm.org.uk/students/
Applications close 17 November. More information from: bshm.org.uk/students/
Modern ethical research committees are "remarkably uninterested" in the ethics of research of the past. In a series of essays, this book aims to to create a greater awareness. #medicalethics #medicalhistory Our latest reviews: bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Modern ethical research committees are "remarkably uninterested" in the ethics of research of the past. In a series of essays, this book aims to to create a greater awareness. #medicalethics #medicalhistory Our latest reviews: bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
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In 1837, James McCune Smith became the first Black doctor to graduate from a UK university. You can use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn about the many Black individuals who have contributed to the development of medicine and medical communities in the UK and Ireland
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 1837, James McCune Smith became the first Black doctor to graduate from a UK university. You can use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn about the many Black individuals who have contributed to the development of medicine and medical communities in the UK and Ireland
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Join me on Oct 16 for a free virtual book talk on the medical history of uranium with science and tech historian @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join me on Oct 16 for a free virtual book talk on the medical history of uranium with science and tech historian @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social.
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#Dengue fever is spreading globally in warm areas as climate change advances. Randall M Packard, Emeritus Professor in the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, has made a major contribution with his historical review: Fevered Cities. A History of Dengue Epidemics. bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
October 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#Dengue fever is spreading globally in warm areas as climate change advances. Randall M Packard, Emeritus Professor in the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, has made a major contribution with his historical review: Fevered Cities. A History of Dengue Epidemics. bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
The programme and abstracts from three keynote addresses, dozens of presentations and posters from our #BSHMCongress 2025 are now available at bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/.
Congress 2025 - British Society for the History of Medicine
BSHM Congress 2025 Open to all interested in the history of medicine and healthcare The 31st BSHM Congress was held at the University of Leeds on Wed 10 – Sat 13 September 2025 Congress Programme & Ab...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The programme and abstracts from three keynote addresses, dozens of presentations and posters from our #BSHMCongress 2025 are now available at bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/.
The new Osler Travel Grant offers up to £4000 for UK medical undergraduates to travel to the US and/or Canada to to do research in #medicalhistory using resources not available in the UK or online. Applications are now open. See bshm.org.uk/students/
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The new Osler Travel Grant offers up to £4000 for UK medical undergraduates to travel to the US and/or Canada to to do research in #medicalhistory using resources not available in the UK or online. Applications are now open. See bshm.org.uk/students/
Our opening keynote speaker at #BSHMCongress in Leeds Lara Marks revealed the 50 year journey of #monoclonal antibodies to become a vital part of modern medicine for diagnostics and treatments.
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Our opening keynote speaker at #BSHMCongress in Leeds Lara Marks revealed the 50 year journey of #monoclonal antibodies to become a vital part of modern medicine for diagnostics and treatments.
One week to go - our 2025 #medicalhistory Congress in Leeds. It promises a wonderful programme of talks ands posters. If you're joining us, please use #BSHMCongress in your social media.
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One week to go - our 2025 #medicalhistory Congress in Leeds. It promises a wonderful programme of talks ands posters. If you're joining us, please use #BSHMCongress in your social media.
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The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announces the launch of a new website, The People’s Dispensary featuring a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of the Edinburgh Public Dispensary from its foundation in 1776.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announces the launch of a new website, The People’s Dispensary featuring a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of the Edinburgh Public Dispensary from its foundation in 1776.
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A 19th century Bristol doctor, a talented man of varied interests, James Cowles Prichard, wrote extensively on the natural history of the human race and on nervous diseases. Was he a psychiatrist or an anthropologist? #medicalhistory Our latest book review. bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A 19th century Bristol doctor, a talented man of varied interests, James Cowles Prichard, wrote extensively on the natural history of the human race and on nervous diseases. Was he a psychiatrist or an anthropologist? #medicalhistory Our latest book review. bshm.org.uk/book-reviews...
Big discount on day rate for full time students attending our #medicalhistory Congress in Leeds 10-13 Sept. But don't wait. Registration closes tomorrow.
August 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Big discount on day rate for full time students attending our #medicalhistory Congress in Leeds 10-13 Sept. But don't wait. Registration closes tomorrow.
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Trota of Salerno, a 12th-century physician and medical writer from Salerno, Italy, is a figure of immense significance in the history of women's health and medicine. she wrote texts that provided guidance on female health
Trota of Salerno, a 12th-century physician and medical writer from Salerno, Italy, is a figure of immense significance in the history of women's health and medicine. she wrote texts that provided guidance on female health
August 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Trota of Salerno, a 12th-century physician and medical writer from Salerno, Italy, is a figure of immense significance in the history of women's health and medicine. she wrote texts that provided guidance on female health
Trota of Salerno, a 12th-century physician and medical writer from Salerno, Italy, is a figure of immense significance in the history of women's health and medicine. she wrote texts that provided guidance on female health
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This incredibly large kidney stone has taken the shape of the pelvis and calyces of the kidney, effectively forming a cast of the spaces inside the kidney. Kidney stones like this are known as staghorn calculi.
August 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This incredibly large kidney stone has taken the shape of the pelvis and calyces of the kidney, effectively forming a cast of the spaces inside the kidney. Kidney stones like this are known as staghorn calculi.
Substitutes for medical attendance in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1880-1912 - just one of dozens of varied presentations at the BSHM Congress in Leeds from 10-13 Sept. There's just time to register. Join BSHM now for a discount. #medicalhistory bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Substitutes for medical attendance in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1880-1912 - just one of dozens of varied presentations at the BSHM Congress in Leeds from 10-13 Sept. There's just time to register. Join BSHM now for a discount. #medicalhistory bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/
The University of Edinburgh Medical School was established in 1726, the oldest medical school in the UK. This floor plan dates from 1896. Mr Iain Macintyre talks about the history of medical learning at our Congress from 10-13 Sept in Leeds. Registration closes 19.8. bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/
August 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The University of Edinburgh Medical School was established in 1726, the oldest medical school in the UK. This floor plan dates from 1896. Mr Iain Macintyre talks about the history of medical learning at our Congress from 10-13 Sept in Leeds. Registration closes 19.8. bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/
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CSMBR Online Lecture Series
𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇
𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢
Massimo Sbarbaro - University of Ljubljana
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: www.youtube.com/watch?v=toy3...
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𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢
Massimo Sbarbaro - University of Ljubljana
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: www.youtube.com/watch?v=toy3...
#CSMBR #MiddleAges #Merchants #Zibaldoni #AntonioDePortis #Hygiene #Italian
MERCANTILE CULTURES OF HEALTH - M. Sbarbaro (University of Ljubljana)
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July 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇
𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢
Massimo Sbarbaro - University of Ljubljana
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: www.youtube.com/watch?v=toy3...
#CSMBR #MiddleAges #Merchants #Zibaldoni #AntonioDePortis #Hygiene #Italian
𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇
𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢
Massimo Sbarbaro - University of Ljubljana
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: www.youtube.com/watch?v=toy3...
#CSMBR #MiddleAges #Merchants #Zibaldoni #AntonioDePortis #Hygiene #Italian
Congratulations. A super project. In total, 190 manuscripts were conserved, catalogued and digitised. More than 7,000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely displayed on the Cambridge Digital Library.
Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible
Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Congratulations. A super project. In total, 190 manuscripts were conserved, catalogued and digitised. More than 7,000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely displayed on the Cambridge Digital Library.
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It's also not too late to visit the exhibition! #PrisonNursingUnlocked will be in London until 19th Dec 2025.
Unsure if you can make the trip? Why not check out our virtual version of the exhibit, which you can access here: buff.ly/L61g4CU
Unsure if you can make the trip? Why not check out our virtual version of the exhibit, which you can access here: buff.ly/L61g4CU
July 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's also not too late to visit the exhibition! #PrisonNursingUnlocked will be in London until 19th Dec 2025.
Unsure if you can make the trip? Why not check out our virtual version of the exhibit, which you can access here: buff.ly/L61g4CU
Unsure if you can make the trip? Why not check out our virtual version of the exhibit, which you can access here: buff.ly/L61g4CU
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From bloodletting to trephination, uncover the early—and often astonishing—practices that laid the groundwork for modern surgery. You won’t look at your local barber the same way again after you listen to our latest podcast episode!
Beyond the Knife is available wherever you find your podcasts.
Beyond the Knife is available wherever you find your podcasts.
July 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
From bloodletting to trephination, uncover the early—and often astonishing—practices that laid the groundwork for modern surgery. You won’t look at your local barber the same way again after you listen to our latest podcast episode!
Beyond the Knife is available wherever you find your podcasts.
Beyond the Knife is available wherever you find your podcasts.
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Somatosphere will be hositing a Book Forum on Romani Chronicles of Covid-19: Testimonies of Harm and Resilience, edited by Paloma Gay y Blasco and Martin Fotta. The Intro, by Jean Segata & Carol Silverman, and the first article, by Éric Fassin, are now online somatosphere.net/series/serie...
July 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Somatosphere will be hositing a Book Forum on Romani Chronicles of Covid-19: Testimonies of Harm and Resilience, edited by Paloma Gay y Blasco and Martin Fotta. The Intro, by Jean Segata & Carol Silverman, and the first article, by Éric Fassin, are now online somatosphere.net/series/serie...