Iris Millis
@historical-iris.bsky.social
Historian/Museum Professional, Medical History, bilingual histmed projects, also current politics. #Globukalypse, #Heilpraktikalypse Views my own.
Pinned
What better place to explore 5000 years of continuous settlement and all the historical events that happened in the vicinity #Towcester #Museum #heritage
Reposted by Iris Millis
Sore legs? Considered putting herrings on your feet? - Handy 1785 medical tip
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sore legs? Considered putting herrings on your feet? - Handy 1785 medical tip
Reposted by Iris Millis
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.”
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 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.”
Reposted by Iris Millis
A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
Reposted by Iris Millis
Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.
September 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.
Reposted by Iris Millis
☕ *An arm emerges from a cloud to fill a cup from a pot of coffee*…
No, you’re not dreaming. This delightful image appears on a 17th century token minted in Oxford.
From 1648–1672 and again from 1788–1815 the Royal Mint did not produce any small change.
No, you’re not dreaming. This delightful image appears on a 17th century token minted in Oxford.
From 1648–1672 and again from 1788–1815 the Royal Mint did not produce any small change.
September 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
☕ *An arm emerges from a cloud to fill a cup from a pot of coffee*…
No, you’re not dreaming. This delightful image appears on a 17th century token minted in Oxford.
From 1648–1672 and again from 1788–1815 the Royal Mint did not produce any small change.
No, you’re not dreaming. This delightful image appears on a 17th century token minted in Oxford.
From 1648–1672 and again from 1788–1815 the Royal Mint did not produce any small change.
Reposted by Iris Millis
This medicine chest dates from the 18th century. The chest includes 2 pewter containers & 10 glass bottles, 9 of which have pewter tops and one that has a glass top. The design of this bottle is slightly different and may be a replacement, it would have contained peppermint oil.
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This medicine chest dates from the 18th century. The chest includes 2 pewter containers & 10 glass bottles, 9 of which have pewter tops and one that has a glass top. The design of this bottle is slightly different and may be a replacement, it would have contained peppermint oil.
Reposted by Iris Millis
Today’s Find: “Wife, Doctor and Nurse” is a 1937 American comedy film with Loretta Young, Warner Baxter & Virginia Bruce as the title characters tinyurl.com/5fhwmt6t Hijinks ensue #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfilm #lorettayoung #warnerbaxter #virginiabruce
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today’s Find: “Wife, Doctor and Nurse” is a 1937 American comedy film with Loretta Young, Warner Baxter & Virginia Bruce as the title characters tinyurl.com/5fhwmt6t Hijinks ensue #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfilm #lorettayoung #warnerbaxter #virginiabruce
Reposted by Iris Millis
A handwritten inventory of surgical instruments from Glasgow Royal infirmary, 1825. You can find out what was in the store by viewing our digitised copy heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/192
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A handwritten inventory of surgical instruments from Glasgow Royal infirmary, 1825. You can find out what was in the store by viewing our digitised copy heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/192
Reposted by Iris Millis
Today’s Find: “The Genuine Tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a Physician in Pekin, For the Murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, Treasurer to the Army of the Emperor of China” published in London in 1746 tinyurl.com/5mny3e2m #histmed
August 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today’s Find: “The Genuine Tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a Physician in Pekin, For the Murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, Treasurer to the Army of the Emperor of China” published in London in 1746 tinyurl.com/5mny3e2m #histmed
Reposted by Iris Millis
This is a set of seven Roman surgical instruments. Of the set at least three appear to probes; being long thin instruments with a broadened flattened head. One of the items is a small bowl with a spout let into one side and may be for blood letting.
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is a set of seven Roman surgical instruments. Of the set at least three appear to probes; being long thin instruments with a broadened flattened head. One of the items is a small bowl with a spout let into one side and may be for blood letting.
Reposted by Iris Millis
Physician performing #uroscopy from the manuscript Theoria Medicinae Naturalis dating from c.1630. It's attributed to Conrad Goltzing. But who was Goltzing? We know very little about the book, its author or how it came to be in our collection 🤔
#historyofmedicine #manuscripts #archives
#historyofmedicine #manuscripts #archives
July 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Physician performing #uroscopy from the manuscript Theoria Medicinae Naturalis dating from c.1630. It's attributed to Conrad Goltzing. But who was Goltzing? We know very little about the book, its author or how it came to be in our collection 🤔
#historyofmedicine #manuscripts #archives
#historyofmedicine #manuscripts #archives
Reposted by Iris Millis
Parsley, leek, bread, polenta and cheese...another 18thc recipe where the nice food gets applied on the skin and the patient has to eat dung
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Parsley, leek, bread, polenta and cheese...another 18thc recipe where the nice food gets applied on the skin and the patient has to eat dung
Reposted by Iris Millis
Today’s Find: John Tytler [17 Dec 1745-11 Jan 1804] was a scientific dabbler; first in Great Britain to go up in a balloon, which he designed; wrote 100s of articles for the 2nd ed of the “Encyclopedia Britannica” & fell & drowned in Salem, Mass tinyurl.com/yfp6mw2c #histmed #medicalhistory
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today’s Find: John Tytler [17 Dec 1745-11 Jan 1804] was a scientific dabbler; first in Great Britain to go up in a balloon, which he designed; wrote 100s of articles for the 2nd ed of the “Encyclopedia Britannica” & fell & drowned in Salem, Mass tinyurl.com/yfp6mw2c #histmed #medicalhistory
Reposted by Iris Millis
Our #TriviaTuesday object this week comes from late 19th century Japan. They are made of willow and the longest is 20 cm in length. What are they?
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our #TriviaTuesday object this week comes from late 19th century Japan. They are made of willow and the longest is 20 cm in length. What are they?
Opening concert of this year’s Buckingham Summer Festival coming soon. Start a week of fabulous recitals and concerts! 🎶
Online tickets: wegottickets.com/event/659370 #G&S #Music #BuckibghamSummerFestival
Online tickets: wegottickets.com/event/659370 #G&S #Music #BuckibghamSummerFestival
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Opening concert of this year’s Buckingham Summer Festival coming soon. Start a week of fabulous recitals and concerts! 🎶
Online tickets: wegottickets.com/event/659370 #G&S #Music #BuckibghamSummerFestival
Online tickets: wegottickets.com/event/659370 #G&S #Music #BuckibghamSummerFestival
Reposted by Iris Millis
Tourniquet's have been in use since 4th century BC. The Petit tourniquet was designed by Jean Louis Petit in 1718, who added the screw mechanism. It would have been used with a long surgical knife and bone saw during amputation to limit blood supply and reduce blood loss.
June 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Tourniquet's have been in use since 4th century BC. The Petit tourniquet was designed by Jean Louis Petit in 1718, who added the screw mechanism. It would have been used with a long surgical knife and bone saw during amputation to limit blood supply and reduce blood loss.
Reposted by Iris Millis
This art & anatomy lecture notebook belonged to Edinburgh surgeon Patrick Heron Watson, c.1856. The only @rcsed.bsky.social Fellow to have been President twice, some argue he inspired his pupil Arthur Conan Doyle's character 'Dr Watson'. Digitised here: archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This art & anatomy lecture notebook belonged to Edinburgh surgeon Patrick Heron Watson, c.1856. The only @rcsed.bsky.social Fellow to have been President twice, some argue he inspired his pupil Arthur Conan Doyle's character 'Dr Watson'. Digitised here: archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?
Reposted by Iris Millis
A handy 18thc cure for stupidity. Just swop your cup of tea for Hyssopus officinalis, a medicinal plant
Find out more about the history of tea in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
Find out more about the history of tea in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
June 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A handy 18thc cure for stupidity. Just swop your cup of tea for Hyssopus officinalis, a medicinal plant
Find out more about the history of tea in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
Find out more about the history of tea in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
#OTD 1989, the Chinese government sent the military to end peaceful student demonstrations on Tiananmen Square for things like greater accountability, constitutional due process, democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech.
June 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#OTD 1989, the Chinese government sent the military to end peaceful student demonstrations on Tiananmen Square for things like greater accountability, constitutional due process, democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech.
Reposted by Iris Millis
The severe pitting on this skull is the result of tertiary syphilis. Notice the erosion of the nasal bone. So prevalent was syphilis in the 19th century that “no nose” clubs popped up around London. People gathered together to celebrate the fact that their noses had fallen off due the disease.
June 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The severe pitting on this skull is the result of tertiary syphilis. Notice the erosion of the nasal bone. So prevalent was syphilis in the 19th century that “no nose” clubs popped up around London. People gathered together to celebrate the fact that their noses had fallen off due the disease.
Reposted by Iris Millis
The first #TriviaTuesday instrument of June was first introduced in the early 20th century. It's full length is 23 cm. Any ideas what it is?
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The first #TriviaTuesday instrument of June was first introduced in the early 20th century. It's full length is 23 cm. Any ideas what it is?
Reposted by Iris Millis
Reposted by Iris Millis
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Reposted by Iris Millis
