Iris Millis
@historical-iris.bsky.social
Historian/Museum Professional, Medical History, bilingual histmed projects, also current politics. #Globukalypse, #Heilpraktikalypse Views my own.
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
#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.
We welcome 2 work experience pupils to @Towcester Museum today. 😊.
They are with us all week, they will make you feel welcome when you visit us.
We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:00
#ai #workexperience
They are with us all week, they will make you feel welcome when you visit us.
We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:00
#ai #workexperience
May 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We welcome 2 work experience pupils to @Towcester Museum today. 😊.
They are with us all week, they will make you feel welcome when you visit us.
We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:00
#ai #workexperience
They are with us all week, they will make you feel welcome when you visit us.
We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:00
#ai #workexperience
What better place to explore 5000 years of continuous settlement and all the historical events that happened in the vicinity #Towcester #Museum #heritage
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
What better place to explore 5000 years of continuous settlement and all the historical events that happened in the vicinity #Towcester #Museum #heritage
Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country. It was the Roman town of Lactodurum, located on Watling Street, today's A5. In Saxon times, this was the frontier between the kingdom of Wessex and the Danelaw.
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country. It was the Roman town of Lactodurum, located on Watling Street, today's A5. In Saxon times, this was the frontier between the kingdom of Wessex and the Danelaw.
In 1805, Sir Astley Cooper published in the first volume of Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, an account of his attempt to tie the common carotid artery for treating an aneurysm in a patient.
March 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In 1805, Sir Astley Cooper published in the first volume of Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, an account of his attempt to tie the common carotid artery for treating an aneurysm in a patient.
#OTD 1941, 'The February Strike' began in Amsterdam, in protest against the persecution and deportation of Jewish people.
The strike lasted for three days, until it was suppressed by the Nazis.
The photo here is of the first Memorial Day for the strike in 1946.
The strike lasted for three days, until it was suppressed by the Nazis.
The photo here is of the first Memorial Day for the strike in 1946.
February 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#OTD 1941, 'The February Strike' began in Amsterdam, in protest against the persecution and deportation of Jewish people.
The strike lasted for three days, until it was suppressed by the Nazis.
The photo here is of the first Memorial Day for the strike in 1946.
The strike lasted for three days, until it was suppressed by the Nazis.
The photo here is of the first Memorial Day for the strike in 1946.
William of Orange and Mary were proclaimed king and queen of England this day in 1689 following the Glorious Revolution. They ruled jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II until her death in 1694.
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
William of Orange and Mary were proclaimed king and queen of England this day in 1689 following the Glorious Revolution. They ruled jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II until her death in 1694.
The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Persian physician-philosopher Avicenna (ابن سینا, ibn Sina) and completed in 1025. #histmed
February 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Persian physician-philosopher Avicenna (ابن سینا, ibn Sina) and completed in 1025. #histmed
And some come ‘sugar ball unicorns’ #globucalypse
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
And some come ‘sugar ball unicorns’ #globucalypse
Henry Cline (1750–1827) English surgeon and president of the Royal College of Surgeons. Also a political radical, associated with leading supporters of the French Revolution, farmer, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1815. #histmed
January 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Henry Cline (1750–1827) English surgeon and president of the Royal College of Surgeons. Also a political radical, associated with leading supporters of the French Revolution, farmer, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1815. #histmed
Sir Astley Cooper was an anatomist and identified several previously undescribed anatomical structures, many of which were named after him. He also described a number of new diseases, which likewise became eponymous.
January 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sir Astley Cooper was an anatomist and identified several previously undescribed anatomical structures, many of which were named after him. He also described a number of new diseases, which likewise became eponymous.
Scalpels, needles, tweezers, probes, hooks, chisels and drills are as much part of today's standard medical tool kit as they were during Rome's imperial era. #histmed
January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Scalpels, needles, tweezers, probes, hooks, chisels and drills are as much part of today's standard medical tool kit as they were during Rome's imperial era. #histmed
The 5 cryers of the apocalypse…
January 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The 5 cryers of the apocalypse…
Anaesthetist Joseph Clover apprenticed to apothecary-surgeon Charles Gibson of Norwich in 1841 for £240. He then enrolled as medical student at University College Hospital in London graduating 1846. #histmed
January 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Anaesthetist Joseph Clover apprenticed to apothecary-surgeon Charles Gibson of Norwich in 1841 for £240. He then enrolled as medical student at University College Hospital in London graduating 1846. #histmed
#OTD 1799, Humphrey Davy enclosed himself a in 9 foot airtight box, and had it topped up frequently with nitrous oxide in an experiment to see the effects this might have. #histmed
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December 26, 2024 at 9:02 AM
#OTD 1799, Humphrey Davy enclosed himself a in 9 foot airtight box, and had it topped up frequently with nitrous oxide in an experiment to see the effects this might have. #histmed
www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
Henry Cline (1750-1827) surgeon and anatomy lecturer at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Teacher of Sir Astley Cooper (1768-1841). #histmed
December 22, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Henry Cline (1750-1827) surgeon and anatomy lecturer at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Teacher of Sir Astley Cooper (1768-1841). #histmed
#OnThisDay 1846, Robert Liston uses ether for the first time in a surgerical operation in England it was delivered from a Squire's inhaler for patient Frederick Churchill. #histmed Churchill’s patient notes in ucldigitalpress.co.uk/Book/Article/2…
December 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
#OnThisDay 1846, Robert Liston uses ether for the first time in a surgerical operation in England it was delivered from a Squire's inhaler for patient Frederick Churchill. #histmed Churchill’s patient notes in ucldigitalpress.co.uk/Book/Article/2…
#OTD 1846, dentist James Robinson received a letter from America about Morton’s first use of ether. He gave ether himself for the first time in England the following day. His Treatise on Ether, 1847 is one of the earliest anaesthesia books. #histmed archive.org/details/390020…
December 18, 2024 at 9:07 AM
#OTD 1846, dentist James Robinson received a letter from America about Morton’s first use of ether. He gave ether himself for the first time in England the following day. His Treatise on Ether, 1847 is one of the earliest anaesthesia books. #histmed archive.org/details/390020…
Hippocrates first used the term 'cholera' in 400BC, but the disease described is not known. The first cholera pandemic in India was recorded 1563, and eventually arrived in Britain in Oct 1831. #histmed
December 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Hippocrates first used the term 'cholera' in 400BC, but the disease described is not known. The first cholera pandemic in India was recorded 1563, and eventually arrived in Britain in Oct 1831. #histmed
But my doctor said I’m healthy! - Haha! Facts. You never cared for them anyway!
December 13, 2024 at 6:21 AM
But my doctor said I’m healthy! - Haha! Facts. You never cared for them anyway!
Just googled it for fun and it’s actually a thing! 😳
December 11, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Just googled it for fun and it’s actually a thing! 😳