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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris · @DrLindseyFitzharris
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Obstetric Phantom, 18th century. The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students, and possibly midwives, about childbirth. It came from the Hospital del Ceppo in Pistoia, near Florence, founded in 1277.

Photo: Science Museum, London.

#histmed #histsci #midwives #histodons #introductions #ff #MedMastodon #medical #MedicalHistory

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· @KatieGagnon
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John Singer Sargent
The Four Doctors
1906
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Oil on canvas
327.7 x 271.8 cm (129 x 109 in.)
The lead teaching physicians of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Dr. William H. Welch, the first Dean of the school, Dr. William Osler, Dr. William S. Halsted and Dr. Howard A. Kelly

#medhist #history #histodon #MedicalHistory #Baltimore

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· @KatieGagnon
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Chemical Hall at Davidge Hall in Baltimore, MD, formerly known as the College of Medicine of Maryland, opened in1812 and survives as the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere continuously used for medical education. This semi-circular theater gets its name from the brick kiln-like niches built into its front wall where chemical experiments were performed.

#history #histadon #histmed #MedicalHistory #weirdhistory #Baltimore

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· @KatieGagnon
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The anatomical theater at Davidge Hall, formerly The College of Medicine of Maryland, in Baltimore has been in continuous use for medical education since 1813 and is the oldest such structure in the United States

#medhistory #MedicalHistory #history #histodon #Baltimore #histmed

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· @KatieGagnon
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Prescription from 1920 for cocaine eye drops

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Rob Schäfer · @germilhistory
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#medicine #MedicalHistory #ww1 #FWW #history #histodons

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris · @DrLindseyFitzharris
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ESCAPABLE BURIAL CHAMBER built by Thomas Pursell for him and his family. The ventilated vault can be opened from the inside by a handwheel attached to the door. Pursell was buried there in 1937, and (so far) has never reemerged.

If you're new to and looking for people to follow, look no further for and !

#mastodon #weirdhistory #MedicalHistory #twittermigration #twitter #introductions #til #histmed #themoreyouknow #followback

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris · @DrLindseyFitzharris
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ESCAPABLE BURIAL CHAMBER built by Thomas Pursell for him and his family. The ventilated vault can be opened from the inside by a handwheel attached to the door. Pursell was buried there in 1937, and (so far) has never reemerged.

If you're new to and looking for people to follow, look no further for and !

#mastodon #weirdhistory #MedicalHistory #twittermigration #twitter #introductions #til #histmed #themoreyouknow #followback

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris ☑️ · @DrLindseyFitzharris
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“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol. In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and the remaining stock was destroyed.

#histmed #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #til #weirdhistory #Weird #histodons #medical #MedicalHistory #history #hstsci #ff #followback #DYK #pharma #chemiverse #chemistry #flu

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· @KatieGagnon
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They finally printed a correction

Scientists Reconstruct Face of 19th-Century Man Accused of Being a Vampire | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

#vampire #dna #medhist #weirdhistory #tuberculosis #MedicalHistory #science

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· @KatieGagnon
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They finally printed a correction

Scientists Reconstruct Face of 19th-Century Man Accused of Being a Vampire | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

#vampire #dna #medhist #weirdhistory #tuberculosis #MedicalHistory #science

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· @KatieGagnon
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This stone in Middletown, belongs to Benjamin Starr who, at 12 years old in 1778, "died with the smallpox by Enoculation." This is aka variolation. Named for the virus that causes (variola ), it's a now obsolete method of immunizing people against by infecting them with substance from the pustules of patients with mild cases.

#connecticut #smallpox #virus #cemetery #MedicalHistory #medhist #weirdhistory #newengland #disease #taphophile

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· @KatieGagnon
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This stone in Middletown, belongs to Benjamin Starr who, at 12 years old in 1778, "died with the smallpox by Enoculation." This is aka variolation. Named for the virus that causes (variola ), it's a now obsolete method of immunizing people against by infecting them with substance from the pustules of patients with mild cases.

#connecticut #smallpox #virus #cemetery #MedicalHistory #medhist #weirdhistory #newengland #disease #taphophile

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· @KatieGagnon
9 followers · 8 posts · Server mastodon.world

Attempt at an intro.
I research, promote, and write about and
I helped identify a man accused of having been a through and
Living in New England.
I collect medical antiques, and

#death #cemeteries #history #weirdhistory #funeralhistory #medicine #MedicalHistory #tuberculosis #diabetes #quackmedicine #disabilty #disabilityadvocacy #archeology #Anthropology #forensics #deathinvestigation #deviantburial #greenburial #vampire #genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #dna #bones #oddities

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· @KatieGagnon
28 followers · 30 posts · Server mastodon.world

Attempt at an intro.
I research, promote, and write about and
I helped identify a man accused of having been a through and
Living in New England.
I collect medical antiques, and

#death #cemeteries #history #weirdhistory #funeralhistory #medicine #MedicalHistory #tuberculosis #diabetes #quackmedicine #disabilty #disabilityadvocacy #archeology #Anthropology #forensics #deathinvestigation #deviantburial #greenburial #vampire #genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #dna #bones #oddities

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· @KatieGagnon
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PubMed Central (PMC) - DNA Testing Reveals the Putative Identity of JB55, a 19th Century Vampire Buried in Griswold, Connecticut

DNA Testing Reveals the Putative Identity of JB55, a 19th Century Vampire Buried in Griswold, Connecticut ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

#medhist #MedicalHistory #tb #tuberculosis #dna #genealogy #vampire #ct #connecticut #newengland

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· @KatieGagnon
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DNA Testing Reveals the Putative Identity of JB55, a 19th Century Vampire Buried in Griswold, Connecticut ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

#medhist #MedicalHistory #tb #tuberculosis #dna #genealogy #vampire #ct #connecticut #newengland

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· @KatieGagnon
4 followers · 4 posts · Server mastodon.world

Attempt at an intro.
I research, promote, and write about and
I helped identify a man accused of having been a through and
Living in New England.
I collect medical antiques, and

#death #cemeteries #history #funeralhistory #medicine #MedicalHistory #tuberculosis #diabetes #quackmedicine #disabilty #disabilityadvocacy #archeology #Anthropology #forensics #deathinvestigation #deviantburial #greenburial #vampire #genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #dna #bones #oddities

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· @KatieGagnon
2 followers · 4 posts · Server mastodon.world

Attempt at an intro.
I research, promote, and write about and
I helped identify a man accused of having been a through and
Living in New England.
I collect medical antiques, and

#death #cemeteries #history #funeralhistory #medicine #MedicalHistory #disabilty #disabilityadvocacy #archeology #Anthropology #forensics #deathinvestigation #deviantburial #greenburial #vampire #genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #dna #bones #oddities

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· @KatieGagnon
2 followers · 4 posts · Server mastodon.world

Attempt at an intro.
I research, promote, and write about and
I helped identify a man accused of having been a through and
Living in New England.
I collect medical antiques, and

#death #cemeteries #history #funeralhistory #medicine #MedicalHistory #archeology #Anthropology #forensics #deathinvestigation #deviantburial #greenburial #vampire #genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #dna #bones #oddities

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