A photo of Henrietta Lacks in the late 1940s. Henrietta's cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortal human cell line, one of the most ground-breaking and controversial scientific discoveries of the 20th century. #histmed #historyofmedicine

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

Two sides to every story: Reappraising the early history of liver transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

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

Wonderful #histmed talk today by Michaela Clark about photographic space and the clinical gaze in Cape Town CHSTM

Elizabeth Blackwell - the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Pictured here in 1905 with her adopted daughter Kitty and 2 dogs. #histmed #historyofmedicine #WomenInMedicine

For anyone interested in philosophy and medicine in medieval Islamic societies, I will be giving a talk at KCL on May 13th (one can attend virtually too): #histsci #sts #IslamicPhilosophy #medieval #MENAstorians #histmed tickettailor.com/events/sowerby…

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

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

New blog Monday! Check out Eli Cumings's blog 'Reading the Guinea Worm: Medical Encounters and Protestant Hermeneutics' now live on the MMoR website #earlymodern #histmed King's History shorturl.at/jrx24

(New Book) A History of Hygiene in Modern France. The Threshold of Disgust histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/04/une-hi… #histmed

Hooded corpse carriers or 'monatti', illustration for Alessandro Manzoni's 'I Promessi Sposi' (1842). Set in Milan in 1630, when a gruesome plague epidemic hit the city.
Gaetano Previati, 1895-99, Princeton University Art Museum.
#plague museum #plague #milano #histmed

(Exhibition) Reading Abbott histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/04/lire-a… #histmed

Fascinating presentation by Evi from The Old Anatomy Museum, Trinity College Dublin on her collections at HSTM Network conference

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Compartimos una selección de artículos sobre la #malaria . Entre los temas abordados se destacan las campañas de comunicación y el papel de los organismos internacionales.
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#DíaMundialContraLaMalaria #DiaMundialContraPaludismo #histmed #paludismo

Congratulations to Alex Parry (2020-21 LHL Fellow), who successfully defended his dissertation on home accidents & US consumer product safety earlier this afternoon!

#histSTM #histsci #histmed

The posteroinferior anatomy of the liver from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #histmed #anatomy #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: Your kidneys & liver will thank you! Hunt's Remedy flourished in New England ca. 1850-1908 tinyurl.com/ybmafvce #histmed

Policemen in Seattle wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic. December 1918. #historyofmedicine #histmed #pandemic #spanishflu #pastmedicalhistory