It's #WorldDonkeyDay 🫏
To celebrate here's a delightful little donkey trotting through the pages of Historia Animalium (c.1602) by Conrad Gesner

We've got lots of lovely exhibitions for you to view on our website. You can learn about medicine in the Victorian era, Glasgow's lost hospital, the world's first successful brain tumour operation (which took place in Glasgow!), and much more. heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/exhibits

Happy International Day of the Midwife!
Glasgow was the 1st place in the UK to examine & license women to practice midwifery. Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow set up the midwifery exam in 1740. These minutes show the 1st to qualify - Helen Baxter, Elizabeth Boyd, Mary Dinning & Jean Scott #IDM2024

We'll be closed on the 6th May for the bank holiday. We'll be here again as usual from 9am on Tuesday 7th May. Don't forget you can still 'visit' our collections on our website at any time rcp.sg/IpCB6.
We wish you all a lovely weekend!

Fancy going for a dive this weekend?
This wooden ark for diving was designed by Scottish natural philosopher, George Sinclair (c.1630–1696). The ark features in his book Hydrostaticks published in Edinburgh in 1672.

OTD 1895 Lilian Murray became the first woman to qualify as a dentist in the UK The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Previously she attempted to enrol at the London Dental School but was refused entry to the building for fear of distracting male students, & was interviewed on the pavement outside the School!

Das Venensystem des menschlichen Körpers (The venous system of the human body) c.1889 by Wilhelm Braune, a German anatomist and a pioneer in the use of frozen cadavers for anatomical investigation. #anatomy

An album of illustrations of eye diseases, used for teaching in the world’s first university eye clinic founded in Vienna in 1812

Born #OnThisDay 1774, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow president Robert Watt. He was also the first President of the Glasgow Medical Society and compiled ‘Bibliotheca Britannica’, believed to be one of the greatest bibliographies ever created.

News | Nineteen museums and galleries join Museum Transformers programme – MuseumsGalleriesScot scheme aims to help organisations 'embed anti-oppression work'

Read: ow.ly/LkIn50RsGAn

Arthur Kennedy 1922-2009, nephrologist who undertook 1st #dialysis in #GRI in 1959

By 1970, 251 patients had dialysed on the Kolff kidney (last used 1974) with survival of 56%. Without dialysis, survival close to 0%

1st female nephrologist in Glasgow was Dr Marjorie Allison😍

‘Domestic Medicine’ by William Buchan was one of the most popular medical guides of the 18th & 19thc. According to Buchan, cholera was not only spread by dirty living conditions but also eating cherries, drinking strong spirits and having excessive ‘passions of the mind’

It's the final day of #Archive30 and today we ask #WhyArchives ?
Archives can create a sense of belonging. They give us the chance to learn from the past to influence our future. They spark our curiosity and imagination.

Our most #PopularItem (s) are our Medical Directories and Registers which contain details of all practising physicians and surgeons who qualified in the UK from 1858 onwards. They get used in more enquiries and research visits than any other item in our collection. #Archive30

Born #OnThisDay 1791 Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Fellow, William Mackenzie, renowned ophthalmologist and founder of the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. He was appointed Surgeon-Oculist in Scotland to Queen Victoria in 1838.
#ophthalmology

🤔 Did you know that this week marks over 80 years since the invention of the first dialysis machine? From sausage skins to secret labs, here are 10 facts about the history of dialysis you may not know: kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disease…

Born #OnThisDay 1785, John James Audubon, artist and naturalist. We're very lucky to have a copy of his celebrated work, Birds of America, in our collection #AudubonDay 🦅

Some sage #ArchiveAdvice for residents of the nurses’ home in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, mid twentieth century… #Archive30

Ladies over 35 rejoice! The VeeDee Massager is here to fix that double chin! Here's all the advice you need on how to use the VeeDee to banish double chins.

If you're not a lady over 35 you can also make good use of the VeeDee - it cures everything!

#ArchiveAdvice #Archive30