HE DID WHAT?! 🤮🩺 Before modern labs, medical diagnosis was… a bit more hands-on (and tongue-on). 🍯

#MedicalHistory #Diabetes #ScienceFacts #GrossButTrue #HistoryBuff #DidYouKnow #HealthHistory

Title pages of historical books on sleep, including 'Description of Sleep' from 1782 and 'Mother Goose's Melody' with an illustration of children and a nursery scene.

🌙✨ Happy World Sleep Day! Sleep - in songs, literature, religion & medical science - is an ever present theme in the archives. Early American Imprints contains books, pamphlets, flyers, playbills, & ephemera for researching sleep though history.

#WorldSleepDay #HealthHistory #MedicalHumanities

🧪 New Epi Explained is out: Understanding Risk Factors. Learn what risk factors really mean, how to interpret relative risk, and some of the history behind it! As usual, a like and/or share is always greatly appreciated. 🛟
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History of Pneumonia from Antiquity to Today Explore pneumonia’s evolution from Hippocratic descriptions to modern microbiology, antibiotics, and vaccination in this comprehensive historical study.

Pneumonia’s history stretches from Hippocrates to high-tech medicine — and it’s still one of the world’s biggest killers. 🫁📜

#Pneumonia #HealthHistory #PublicHealth #Brewminate

What Causes Cancer? Maud Slye Thought She Had the answer and a Way to Stop It After studying mice in the 1910s, Maude Slye concluded that vulnerability to cancer was hereditary. She thought she had a solution to eliminate it, but she made some crucial mistakes

What Causes Cancer? Maud Slye Thought She Had the answer and a Way to Stop It #Science #HealthandMedicine #Oncology #CancerResearch #HealthHistory

Quackery: The Worst Cures Through History Dive into the wild and wacky world of medicine with "Quackery: The Worst Cures Through History." This book is packed with hilarious and jaw-dropping stories about the outrageous treatments people believed in, making it a perfect gift for history buffs or anyone who loves a good laugh.

ICYMI: Quackery: The Worst Cures Through History #Quackery #HealthHistory #MedicalHumor #BizarreCures #FunnyBooks

A collage of early 20th-century images and text promoting the health benefits of mineral springs. The top image shows a grand multi-story resort hotel with arched walkways and landscaped grounds, likely a spa destination. The bottom-left section includes a highlighted excerpt from a 1915 Journal of the American Medical Association editorial affirming the therapeutic value of drinking mineral waters, describing it as “an established therapeutic custom.” To the right, two smaller images show picturesque spa architecture: one depicts a small domed pavilion among autumn trees, and the other a long colonnaded bathhouse nestled in green hills.

Need a cure for your "nervous condition"? Find "A European Cure in America" in the "most picturesque part and on the border of the two Virginias."

From American Pamphlets Series 1 1820-1922 https://ow.ly/iQSw50XkZgb

#StressAwarenessDay #SelfCareMatters #HealthHistory #HealthHist #Histmed

AIDS Epidemic: Review of And the Band Played On Explore our review of And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts' detailed account of the AIDS epidemic and its political and social challenges.

Reading And the Band Played On helps us remember that lives could have been saved with quicker action.
#HealthHistory #AIDSAwareness
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Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive infantry’s demise during its retreat from Russia

Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #AncientDNA #Napoleon #HealthHistory

From 1974 to today: a patient's journey w/ pacemakers! 🩺❤️ Original devices were heavy (paper-weight!), required 3hr surgery & lasted ~1.5yrs. Battery tech improved, now lasting 6-10+ yrs. #Pacemaker #MedTech #HealthHistory

"The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice" Edited by The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective

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#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HealthHistory #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #Healthcare #RoevWade

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The forgotten housewife drug returns. Why is everyone suddenly talking about it again? Get the backstory, the comebac,k and the takeaways in one quick watch 🎬👀
https://youtu.be/sKVpxBEoBjI?si=5iWhSkMTXtxZIY2j
#HealthHistory #DrugTrends #PopCulture #WatchNow

AIDS Epidemic: Review of And the Band Played On Explore our review of And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts' detailed account of the AIDS epidemic and its political and social challenges.

Reading And the Band Played On helps us remember that lives could have been saved with quicker action.
#HealthHistory #AIDSAwareness
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Secrets of the 17th Century Medicine Cabinet

Bookbub this afternoon told me about this book just 99p. ♥️ Bargains like this, you never know when they will be helpful when writing up research.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies #HealthHistory

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5/ Story time: King Henry VIII got gout from lavish feasts. Today, it’s tied to processed foods & sugary drinks (fructose spikes uric acid). Blood tests catch it early. Modern tools beat medieval misery! #HealthHistory

The #COSTAction #CA22159 Starter Pack for Members #skystorians interested in #MedicalHumanities #HealthHist #HealthHistory #MedHum #HSTM #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery. If you are a member and wish to be added, just email us! go.bsky.app/9EBAQz7

Test Bank For Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing 11th Edition (Chapter 03: Health History and Physical Examination)
#testbank #testbankforLewis'sMedical-SurgicalNursing #nursing #Medical-SurgicalNursing #Medical-Surgical #chapter03 #healthhistory

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"The UK removed children from coal mines over a century ago, brought in hygiene, clean water, vaccinations, and free NHS access. That made us world leaders in child health." - Dr. Kagalwalla
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#HealthHistory #PublicHealth

Methylene Blue Myths and Health Risks Examining the false claims, real dangers, and lack of evidence behind methylene blue hype. The dangers must be considered.

Your “miracle” health hack is… laundry bluing? 🤨

Methylene blue’s trending — but history says the risks aren’t so pretty. Read before you sip 💀

#Brewminate #HealthHistory #WellnessMyths

** NEW REVIEW **

On the website, Peter Hobbins reviews Raina MacIntyre's Vaccine Nation

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#auspol #COVID19 #Vaccines #healthhistory

Two pocket watches and five women's rings made of brass.

We only hold objects when they've come with a collection like our #ArchiveOfTheWeek: Belper Poor Law Union (ref D19). These poignant items belonged to pauper 'lunatics wandering at large' sent to the County Lunatic Asylum in the early 1900s.

#HealthHistory #20thCentury #History