Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid

We’re OFF! You can still join us. Excited to be hearing from @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social !

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UK Association for the History of Nursing Research Colloquium 2026 | Kingston University The 27th UK Association for the History of Nursing(UKAHN)  Research Colloquium will be held on Monday 1st June 2026 at Kingston University, Londo

Booking now open for the 1st June 2026 UKAHN Colloquium in London store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-... . All info on the Colloquium - including call for papers and posters ukahn.org/colloquium-2... . Please share widely #histnursing #histmedicine

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a great discussion of Raphaele Andrault's book Le fer ou le feu (2024) - it's a great focus on pain as a crucial element to convey a philosophical investigation. #histsci #histmedicine are important in #histphilo #descartes
we presented it in @descarteslab.bsky.social #DescartesLab

And I had never really thought that NZ hospital ships would carry German POWs from France to England but of course they would have had too #HistNursing #HistMedicine @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

Thanks again Greg- I’ve just blown my book budget!!! AND scored a WW1 nurse’s diary in the mix- need to research it as not a NZANS - they it ‘out back’ waiting for right person! #HistNursing #HistMedicine #brokeonbooks

An important #histnursing project #histmedicine . Do share widely .

The event is online - follow the link or email at <cartesianlaboratory@gmail.com>

#Descartes #histphilo #histsci #histmedicine

I’m here to bring you the key #HistNursing #HistMedicine facts- going through box of #WW2 Taonga at ChCh nurse’s chapel museum today for up coming exhibition- top 3 wartime enema formulations - presume olive oil scare 🙀 imagine ox bile up the rectum! 😱

A bit of #HistNursing and #HistMedicine today visiting Edinburgh - these photos St Giles Cathedral

Isn't this drawing beautiful ... researching medical history for a chapter in my current WIP. This is by the surgeon & illustrator Charles Bell, whose older brother John Bell was also a surgeon from the late 1700's - mid-1800's. Two other brothers worked in law, becoming professors. #histmedicine

New Book Release This Week – 30 November! Florence Nightingale’s Rivals: Nursing Through the Crimea General view of Balaklava Harbour with hospital up on the hill, right hand side. This is where Betsy Cadwaladyr & Mother Bridgeman ended up nursing, defying Nightingale and taking orders direct…

New Book release this week 30/11, in time for Xmas 🎄 Please comment/message if you would like a free signed bookplate🎄

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#histnursing #crimeanwar1854 #nursinginthecrimea #nursinghistory #nightingale #histmedicine #victorianvalues #irishsistersofmercy

And another one for #gender and the #body researchers. Please let me know if you'd like in or out!

#Genderandthebody #histmedicine #medhums #literature #culture #histsex

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A Medicinal History of … Poultice Charcoal Poultice. Image courtesy of Paul Simpson [Flickr], detail available from How to Make an Activated Charcoal Poultice Poultices, also known as fomentations and cataplasms, have been used since ...

Hoping to do more of these posts as a series but we'll see! Never thought I'd get to mention my all-time fave Only Fools & Horses in a history post though! #HistNursing #HistMedicine

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Next Wednesday, November 22, #FertileUncertainties on the ambiguity and objectivity of early modern experimentation #tacitroots #vegscilif #soundepth #histsci #histbio #histphilo #instruments🔬 #histknowledge #minerals #plants #histmedicine #mariecurie #erc #venice

When ever I visit a museum I always make a beeline to the medical section today I looked at examples from HMS Victory circa 1805 and HMS Mary Rose 1545 - surgical instruments similar but some advances in technique & anatomical knowledge #HistMedicine #HMSVictory #HMSMaryRose #history

"Today on the AskHistorians Podcast we are joined by AdamRodmanMD of the BedsideRounds Podcast! Prepare for the ultimate crossover episode as we discuss the #histmedicine #histbody and #twittterstorians...