Could the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Actually Be About Sex? news.artnet.com/art-world/voyn… #histmed

Today’s Find: “Enfermeras” [“Nurses”] is a Columbian medical tv drama that premiered 23 October 2019 tinyurl.com/49jjuty8 The telenovela focuses primarily on the lives of several nurses #histmed #histnursing

Today’s Find: The 1963 black & white film “Police Nurse” with its tag line “Crackdown on the ‘Hush Hush’ Society Doctor Racket” The film Is only 63 minutes long tinyurl.com/y5bh2k8p #histmed #histnursing

Had an interesting conversation with author Mike Jay @mikejaynet about his book Psychonauts, on the history of experimental drug use by scientists and writers, its impact on culture, and the current state of drug research. Up now
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Haunted Soldiers in Mesopotamia daily.jstor.org/haunted-soldie… via JSTOR Daily #histmed

Today’s Find: 1960 French film “Eyes Without a Face” based on the novel by Jean Redon tinyurl.com/ybvvw5w9 A plastic surgeon attempts a face transplant on his daughter who was disfigured in an auto accident. Things do not go as planned. WARNING: This film is creepy! #histmed

Today’s Find: In this odd & moody 1943 film “Dead Men Walk” a small-town doctor, his young niece & her physician fiancé fight satanic evil. Written by Fred Myton who wrote 168 low-budget films tinyurl.com/y46tzqdy & tinyurl.com/y3ebyr54 #histmed Keen’s Surgery in the books

Today's Find: In 1952-3 the AMA & NBC Radio cooperated on the 'Medicine U.S.A.” series w/12 episodes tinyurl.com/u8gozbb The final one featured actress Helen Hayes in the 'Fight Against Pain' #histmed

Today’s Find: This 1970 film was the second one from Roger Corman’s low-budget production company & began a popular series of nurse “exploitation” films tinyurl.com/y32wzcgu#histm… #histnursing

1734 May 23: Franz Mesmer was born bit.ly/1fw8bZ1 Early in the 19th century mesmerism was used for surgical pain relief. See the work of James Esdaile & others tinyurl.com/ycusmgh3 Mesmer died 5 Mar 1815; he was played by Alan Rickman in the 1994 film

A UCLA doctor is on a quest to free modern medicine from a Nazi-tainted anatomy book latimes.com/science/story/… #histmed

'The Tooth Worm as Hell's Demon,” 18th century. Carved from ivory, the two halves open up to reveal a scene about the infernal torments of a tooth worms which people believed caused cavities in the past. Complete with mini skulls, hellfire, and naked people wielding clubs.

Today’s Find: “Lost Boundaries” is a 1949 film about a black physician in New Hampshire passing as white tinyurl.com/4ysbswma #histmed Based on the life of Dr. Albert C. Johnston tinyurl.com/yeyup4wf

1859 May 22: Arthur Conan Doyle was born. See JR Maltby's 1988 article 'Sherlock Holmes & Anaesthesia' bit.ly/R8IBVb #histmed He died 7 July 1930 tinyurl.com/2p85m4hz

Today's Find: On May 4, 1889, prominent Chicago physician Dr. Patrick Cronin disappeared tinyurl.com/lk8srqx He had crossed members of Clan-na-Gael, an organization in the U.S. raising money for Irish independence. He was also a member. His body was found May 22 #histmed

(New Book) The Sanitariums of Lake Geneva histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/05/les-sa… #histSTM

Today’s Find: “White Hot Light” is the 2020 book by emergency room physician, author & poet Frank Huyler, MD tinyurl.com/y4jk7ylw #histmed