A portrait of Rudolf Virchow, painted by the artist Hugo Vogel in 1861. Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician, known for his advancement of public health #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) - anatomist, physician, and author of the influential 'De humani corporis fabric' #histmed #historyofmedicine #anatomy #pastmedicalhistory

Book plate from 1920s showing the 'proportions of a healthy child' #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

#PastMedicalHistory ➡️ PICHA BORA | Picha hii inaonyesha daktari wa upasuaji ambaye amekamilisha upasuaji wa saa 23 wa kupandikiza #MOYO ❤️.

Kipindi hicho upasuaji aina hii ulikuwa vigumu kufanyika lakini kutokana na uthubutu upasuaji ulifanikiwa.

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Edward Jenner, father of immunology and pioneer of the smallpox vaccine #histmed #historyofmedicine #vaccination #pastmedicalhistory

Wilhelm Röntgen, X-Işınlarını gözlemlediği için 1901'de Nobel Fizik Ödülü'nü aldı.
Wilhelm Röntgen received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his observation of X-Rays.
#pastmedicalhistory #anatomy

Christiaan Neethling Barnard (1922-2001) performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967 #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Beautiful coronal section of the thorax and abdomen from Johannes Sobotta's atlas of human anatomy, 1st published in 1904 #anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Dr. Murrison operating in 4th floor theatre at King George Military Hospital, 1915 #histmed #histsurg #historyofmedicine #historyofsurgery #pastmedicalhistory

A 24-year-old man from Norway, infected with leprosy, 1886 #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Physician & Surgeon General Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) was a Founding Father of the United States #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Nurse wearing uniform from Kenya circa. 1950s #histmed #histnurse #historyofmedicine #historyofnursing #pastmedicalhistory

Another Vesalio's 📘(Sir William Osler's legacy, from 1903!!! 👀) I found at the Welch Medical Library Wells Johns Hopkins University From Vesalio's de Humani corporis fabrica 😍
Past Medical History #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory
#ILookLikeAPathologist

Please join Thorney Society & Museum on April 15th for a fascinating talk with an irresistible local history link. Enquiry[at]thorney-museum.org.uk #histmed #nineteenthcentury #historyofmedicine #LSHTM #pastmedicalhistory #medtwitter

That would knock you out for the night! We wouldn't mind it during a cold actually.

One night cough syrup manufactured in 1888 - contained alcohol, cannabis, chloroform and morphine sulphate.

Source: @pastmedicalhistory #history ofmedicine #history #medicine #coughsyrup

This is Golding Bird, who invented the first flexible tube stethoscope in 1840. Before him, an early version of the stethoscope, similar to the common ear trumpet, was invented in 1816 by René Laennec. Credit: @pastmedicalhistory

#historyofmedicine #stethoscope #medicine

This #MicrobeMonday , we're diving into @PastMedicalHistory! 🔬

#DYK that Dutch botanist and #microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck is credited with the discovery of viruses? 🦠