#HistMed

DisabilityHistory

DisabilityHistr

Thread:1.What does disability offer as a category of historical analysis? Why does #DisHist matter?Here is an eg:Born in Sardinia, Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) lived with physical disability, possibly due to Pott's

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Hi everyone! I'm Christopher Rose (call me Chris). I'm a social historian of medicine, and I specialize in the history of 19th and 20th century #Egypt. I normally tweet @khowaga.

Carsten Timmermann

ctimmermann

#Histmed colleagues: I'm looking for good literature on historical scandals caused by defective vaccines, e.g. the 1931 BCG incident in Luebeck or the Cutter incident in 1955. I've got Christian

Sam Schotland

archives_Rx

The imagery of physician stress, impairment, and burnout is ubiquitous, especially in our current political moment. But what if I told you that there was striking visual iconography, stemming from

Sophie Almond

sophiealmond1

I’m currently researching the work of medical women on the home front during the Second World War, and want to share a story that I’ve come across (1/6) #MedTwitter

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/8) #Histmed THREADOn 7 April 1853, Queen Victoria became the first monarch to use chloroform to ease the pains of childbirth. Prince Leopold was born within 53 minutes of administration

Healthy Scepticism

healthy_scept

#ODT in 1934 #AudreLorde was born. To celebrate the 87th birthday of the great “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”, we are going to tweet excerpts on her cancer #livedexperience &

The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

OldOpTheatre

[1/8] In need of some positivity? Check out the amazing story of Gillies, McIndoe and The Guinea Pig Club! The devastation of war can prove the driving force for scientific

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/8) THREADDuring the American Civil War, serious attempts were made to reconstruct the faces of soldiers injured in battle. Pictured here is Private Roland Ward, who underwent several operations without

The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

OldOpTheatre

[1/7] We know what you’re thinking … how were strangulated hernias treated in the 19th century?! Well, fear not because we have some answers! A strangulated hernia is a serious

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

THREAD: MISTLETOE & MEDICINE (1/10) Today, we associate mistletoe with smooching; however, the poisonous plant has a long association with medicine, and in the past would have been recognized by

Rafaela Ferraz

RafaelaWrites

In the spirit of "being on vacation in 2020", let's talk about this radioactive spa hotel I visited a while ago. Fun fact about radioactive spas, they were all the

Richard McKay

RAMcKay

#LGBTHM21 Post #5: The shadows of two monoliths stretch across any history of sexual health and disease among gay men and other MSM in England and North America: #HistMed

Jakub K

jakub_kwie

Oh look! Another erroneous claim abt #ancientEgypt #woman physician! This time in (I've heard otherwise great) intro to #MedHum book.#HistMed 1/https://twitter.com/CarlyASilver/status/1348689074220109833 Here's the piece. We have &q

Jenni Phillips

JenniPh

This weekend I should have been speaking at @THE_Gen_Show about researching your family history in Wales - throughout today, I’ll be sharing a few reading recommendations instead ... first up

Janice Nimura

janicenimura

Happy 200th birthday to Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman in America to receive a medical degree A thread:#OTD #histmed #womenphysiciansday #WomenInMedicine #medhum #ElizabethBlackwell If you’ve met Elizabeth Blackwell, it was probably

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