Looking forward to our Museum Late with the @rcphysicians garden team!
Register free with Art Tickets 👉 …llege-of-physicians.arttickets.org.uk to join us on 2 May.

🌿guided tours with expert Garden fellows
🌿medicinal plant related archives display
🌿Museum & exhibition

Art Fund Knowledge Quarter

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of #Culloden . Stuart Threipland, President of our College, acted as the physician to Bonnie Prince Charlie and his troops during this battle. This is his medicine chest rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/colle…

This Friday, visitors will be able to join tours led by students from the School of Medicine, Imperial College London. These tours are centred around the Garden’s original purpose, teaching people about medicinal plants. 🌿

Friday 19 April, 11am - 3pm.

#ImperialCollege

Looking ahead to our next free talk, we'll be welcoming Sarah Dentith for her talk 'Rebuilding the past: Worcester Dispensary' on Thursday 16 May, 6:30pm. Uni Worc History Visit Worcestershire Worcester TIC
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Social Histories of Medicine is concerned with all aspects of health, illness and medicine, from prehistory to the present, in every part of the world. #historyofmedicine #historiesofmedicine

Want to learn more? Explore our series page:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/social-…

On 2 May join us for an evening enjoying our Medicinal Garden & Museum.
Featuring:
🌿 1000+ species of plant related to medicine
🌿 Guided tours from our expert Garden fellows
🌿 Library& archives mini-display

Book free now👉 tinyurl.com/2vyxpc8v
Royal College of Physicians Knowledge Quarter

Eager to unearth the secrets of London's past? It's your last chance to join! Ross MacFarlane's talk tomorrow is your opportunity! Dive into 'London’s Pulse' archives and uncover the city's hidden health tales. Register now!

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Do you believe in unicorns? 🦄

The legendary animal’s single horn was thought to have great healing powers, with Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James I all invested in its medicinal properties.

See more of Henry's unicorn recipes: bit.ly/BLBlogUnicorns

#NationalUnicornDay

It's #NationalUnicornDay 🦄
To celebrate here are some fabulous #unicorns from Pierre Pomet's Histoire generale des drogues (c.1694). Unicorn horn was believed to have miraculous medicinal properties that could cure all manner of ills

Day 9 #Archive30 ARA Scotland

#ArchiveCollection

One of our collections is this fantastic pharmaceutical group of items. All saved from the #Pharmacy department at Whitchurch Hospital

(All photos taken in 2016 at the End of an Era exhibition)

#PharmHist

Around one quarter of U.S. adults suffers from hay fever, or seasonal allergic rhinitis. Today's Circulating Now post looks at a selection of items from the NLM Digital Collections which explores historical strategies to manage hay fever.
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Excited to peek behind the curtain of London's health history? Ross MacFarlane's talk on April 15th is your chance! Register today for an exclusive look into 'London’s Pulse' archives.

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Do you have something exciting coming up in the Medical Humanities or History of Medicine? A CFP, event series, or workshop you want people talking about? The
SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social)
Gazette is the place to advertise! Get your event in the next issue by emailing [email protected] by 26April!

NEW RELEASE: Pandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925
British Online Archives is delighted to announce our latest collection release. This
collection collates archival materials relating to plague, cholera, smallpox, and
influenza in the UK.
bit.ly/boa-psph-soc

Up for a walk on a sunny spring/summer day? Plant Power! is a trail I've designed around antimicrobial resistance, plants, and ethics. The Oxford Botanic Garden University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum have just launched it, so pick up a brochure at the entrance and enjoy a walk! #AMR Ethox Centre

Forthcoming
WOMEN'S IDEAS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

For the list of topics: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confere…

#csmbr #womenhistory #paderborn #newvoices

You've still got time to decide that tonight will be better than most.
From 6pm Amanda Edmiston~Botanica Fabula~Herbal Storyteller will share her favourite #herbal stories along with a flavour of the kitchen and garden adventures with her Gran that informed her love of healing herbs.

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Is it just me, or does this experiment (quoted in 'On poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine' by Alfred Swaine Taylor) raise one or two ethical questions? Gail Bell

In the early 20th century, Pond's medicated tampons were soaked in opium, belladonna, and hyoscyamus in order to relieve menstrual pain.

This example comes from the Pharmacy Museum in New Orleans. Learn more about their collection here: pharmacymuseum.org

The ebook (Kindle) for MOST DELICIOUS POISON is on sale today for $3.99 on Amazon and all other retailers! amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BTZ3…