Claire McDade
@clairemcdde.bsky.social
Heritage, social justice, music, culture, and, increasingly, gardens and cute animals.
Heritage Lead for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/
Heritage Lead for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/
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This is….and imagine all the other ways this manifests… and across different contexts
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is….and imagine all the other ways this manifests… and across different contexts
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Are you living with dementia or know someone who is? We're co-hosting a workshop focusing on Robert Burns where there will be the opportunity to share your memories of the Bard. To book or for more information please contact library@rcpsg.ac.uk
📆7th October 2025
🕙10am
🎫Free but booking essential
📆7th October 2025
🕙10am
🎫Free but booking essential
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Are you living with dementia or know someone who is? We're co-hosting a workshop focusing on Robert Burns where there will be the opportunity to share your memories of the Bard. To book or for more information please contact library@rcpsg.ac.uk
📆7th October 2025
🕙10am
🎫Free but booking essential
📆7th October 2025
🕙10am
🎫Free but booking essential
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Join us on an journey through the College as we celebrate Black History Month. Hear stories of groundbreaking doctors, scientists and scholars and learn about our ongoing research into our history and connections to empire and colonialism
📆 1, 20, 27 October 2025
🎫 heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
📆 1, 20, 27 October 2025
🎫 heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join us on an journey through the College as we celebrate Black History Month. Hear stories of groundbreaking doctors, scientists and scholars and learn about our ongoing research into our history and connections to empire and colonialism
📆 1, 20, 27 October 2025
🎫 heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
📆 1, 20, 27 October 2025
🎫 heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
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Sign up to our Eventbrite page to keep up to date with our events
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Upcoming:
20th September, Doors Open Day
1st, 20th, 27th October, Black History Month tours
30th October, Daemonologie: A King's obsession with Witches
More info: heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/rcpsg-heri...
Upcoming:
20th September, Doors Open Day
1st, 20th, 27th October, Black History Month tours
30th October, Daemonologie: A King's obsession with Witches
More info: heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
September 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Sign up to our Eventbrite page to keep up to date with our events
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/rcpsg-heri...
Upcoming:
20th September, Doors Open Day
1st, 20th, 27th October, Black History Month tours
30th October, Daemonologie: A King's obsession with Witches
More info: heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/rcpsg-heri...
Upcoming:
20th September, Doors Open Day
1st, 20th, 27th October, Black History Month tours
30th October, Daemonologie: A King's obsession with Witches
More info: heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/events
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Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population.
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population.
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
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We're taking part in Glasgow Doors Open Day!
Come and explore our beautiful building on St Vincent Street and learn about the history of medicine and surgery in Glasgow.
We're open 10am-4pm, Saturday 20th September. We'd love to see you 😀
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/glas...
Come and explore our beautiful building on St Vincent Street and learn about the history of medicine and surgery in Glasgow.
We're open 10am-4pm, Saturday 20th September. We'd love to see you 😀
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/glas...
September 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We're taking part in Glasgow Doors Open Day!
Come and explore our beautiful building on St Vincent Street and learn about the history of medicine and surgery in Glasgow.
We're open 10am-4pm, Saturday 20th September. We'd love to see you 😀
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/glas...
Come and explore our beautiful building on St Vincent Street and learn about the history of medicine and surgery in Glasgow.
We're open 10am-4pm, Saturday 20th September. We'd love to see you 😀
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/glas...
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A mindful session for our friends from Flourish House, exploring the College and learning about Audubon's Birds of America. Led by illustrator and author, Helen Kellock. With thanks to @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk for the funding.
September 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A mindful session for our friends from Flourish House, exploring the College and learning about Audubon's Birds of America. Led by illustrator and author, Helen Kellock. With thanks to @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk for the funding.
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Super event this evening with @rcpmuseum.bsky.social, @physiciansgallery.bsky.social and our own College here in Glasgow hearing all the amazing stories of medicine and migration from South Asia. Our three Colleges are working towards uncovering more of these histories.
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
August 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Super event this evening with @rcpmuseum.bsky.social, @physiciansgallery.bsky.social and our own College here in Glasgow hearing all the amazing stories of medicine and migration from South Asia. Our three Colleges are working towards uncovering more of these histories.
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
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Thinking of taking a dip in the sea to cool down? You'll be delighted to hear that sea water is also good for restoring strength, rheumatic pains, and healing wounds. This 18th century #herbal notebook also recommends that you drink the water - please don't do that!😟
August 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thinking of taking a dip in the sea to cool down? You'll be delighted to hear that sea water is also good for restoring strength, rheumatic pains, and healing wounds. This 18th century #herbal notebook also recommends that you drink the water - please don't do that!😟
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Happy #WorldSnakeDay 🐍
To celebrate here's a very lovely woodcut illustration from De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica (1658) by Willem Piso, showing a super little snake slithering along the page.
To celebrate here's a very lovely woodcut illustration from De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica (1658) by Willem Piso, showing a super little snake slithering along the page.
July 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Happy #WorldSnakeDay 🐍
To celebrate here's a very lovely woodcut illustration from De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica (1658) by Willem Piso, showing a super little snake slithering along the page.
To celebrate here's a very lovely woodcut illustration from De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica (1658) by Willem Piso, showing a super little snake slithering along the page.
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A bustling Waverley was a fantastic sight at Rothesay harbour yesterday
June 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A bustling Waverley was a fantastic sight at Rothesay harbour yesterday
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A special day yesterday presenting our documentary 'The Boy from Bute' at Bute Museum. We were made very welcome by the museum team.
And we saw the Waverley! (see next post...)
And we saw the Waverley! (see next post...)
June 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A special day yesterday presenting our documentary 'The Boy from Bute' at Bute Museum. We were made very welcome by the museum team.
And we saw the Waverley! (see next post...)
And we saw the Waverley! (see next post...)
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Feeling the heat? 🥵
Try these herbal remedies for cooling the blood from our 18th century herbal notebook.
Try these herbal remedies for cooling the blood from our 18th century herbal notebook.
June 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Feeling the heat? 🥵
Try these herbal remedies for cooling the blood from our 18th century herbal notebook.
Try these herbal remedies for cooling the blood from our 18th century herbal notebook.
Today marks 154 years since the birth of Jamini Sen, the very first female Fellow of our College. Jamini was an advocate for better working conditions for female doctors and improved access to care for female patients in India and Nepal.
#historyofmedicine #womeninmedicine
#historyofmedicine #womeninmedicine
June 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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We had lots of fun this morning with P6 pupils from Anderston Primary School, who joined us for our #GlaSciFest event learning all about anatomy, surgery and what's under the skin
June 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We had lots of fun this morning with P6 pupils from Anderston Primary School, who joined us for our #GlaSciFest event learning all about anatomy, surgery and what's under the skin
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Happy 459th birthday to King James VI & I, who was born #OnThisDay 1566👑🥳
In 1599 King James granted a Royal Charter for the establishment of our College. The charter brought together physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to improve standards of healthcare in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
In 1599 King James granted a Royal Charter for the establishment of our College. The charter brought together physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to improve standards of healthcare in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
June 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Happy 459th birthday to King James VI & I, who was born #OnThisDay 1566👑🥳
In 1599 King James granted a Royal Charter for the establishment of our College. The charter brought together physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to improve standards of healthcare in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
In 1599 King James granted a Royal Charter for the establishment of our College. The charter brought together physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to improve standards of healthcare in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
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When Joseph Lister began advocating germ theory in the 19th century, his critics ridiculed him. One man would walk into the operating theatre, slam the door, and say: "There, Mr. Lister's germs can't get in!" Never thought when I was writing THE BUTCHERING ART that we'd be backsliding into the past.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When Joseph Lister began advocating germ theory in the 19th century, his critics ridiculed him. One man would walk into the operating theatre, slam the door, and say: "There, Mr. Lister's germs can't get in!" Never thought when I was writing THE BUTCHERING ART that we'd be backsliding into the past.
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the lynxes, for today is their special day!
To celebrate International Lynx Day, here is an illustration of a lynx from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.
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#InternationalLynxDay #LynxDay #RareBooks
To celebrate International Lynx Day, here is an illustration of a lynx from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalLynxDay #LynxDay #RareBooks
June 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the lynxes, for today is their special day!
To celebrate International Lynx Day, here is an illustration of a lynx from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalLynxDay #LynxDay #RareBooks
To celebrate International Lynx Day, here is an illustration of a lynx from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalLynxDay #LynxDay #RareBooks
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My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed
May 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed
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May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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It's #WorldOtterDay!
To celebrate here's a lovely woodcut illustration of a very hungry little otter found in Conrad Gesner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
To celebrate here's a lovely woodcut illustration of a very hungry little otter found in Conrad Gesner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
May 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's #WorldOtterDay!
To celebrate here's a lovely woodcut illustration of a very hungry little otter found in Conrad Gesner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
To celebrate here's a lovely woodcut illustration of a very hungry little otter found in Conrad Gesner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
What a positive contribution David Attenborough has made to the world. It's good for the soul to read this.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
What a positive contribution David Attenborough has made to the world. It's good for the soul to read this.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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For #WorldArtDay take a look at our latest curation on @artukdotorg.bsky.social featuring the work of Muirhead Bone and how his drawings of Glasgow captured a city in change and on the cusp of development in the early 20th century
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artuk.org/discover/cur...
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For #WorldArtDay take a look at our latest curation on @artukdotorg.bsky.social featuring the work of Muirhead Bone and how his drawings of Glasgow captured a city in change and on the cusp of development in the early 20th century
artuk.org/discover/cur...
artuk.org/discover/cur...
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Today we launched our new mini exhibition "Together in Friendship", celebrating 425yrs of RCPSG. Curated by Roxanne, our amazing work placement student from Glasgow Uni, the exhibition is open Monday's 2-5pm. Find out more here: heritageblog.rcpsg.ac.uk/2025/04/25/t...
#SomethingNew #Archive30
#SomethingNew #Archive30
April 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today we launched our new mini exhibition "Together in Friendship", celebrating 425yrs of RCPSG. Curated by Roxanne, our amazing work placement student from Glasgow Uni, the exhibition is open Monday's 2-5pm. Find out more here: heritageblog.rcpsg.ac.uk/2025/04/25/t...
#SomethingNew #Archive30
#SomethingNew #Archive30