Legend has it, hammering a nail into the Toothache Stone nr Port Charlotte, Scotland, can help cure tooth pain. The stone is shaped like a molar tooth and has nails hammered in it by locals that you can still see today!🦷 Thank you Museum of Cambridge for loaning these nails to us!

#OTD P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins, was born! The chapter in Mary Poppins titled ‘Laughing Gas’ was nearly cut from the Disney movie, but Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & Ed Wynn found the scene so funny that Disney decided to keep it in!  Image: © Walt Disney Archives

Discover 21 Portland Place - a grade II listed Georgian townhouse that's home to Association of Anaesthetists & Anaesthesia Heritage! Enjoy a rare chance to see rooms not usually accessible to the public & learn about the world of anaesthesia 🗝️ All for FREE this #HODs: ow.ly/OfUq50SUsXR

We’re getting #HODs ready at the Anaesthesia Heritage centre!     Don’t miss this exciting exploration of art, 18th-century Adam architecture, and anaesthesia at 21 Portland Place on 7 September. Have you booked yet? 🎟️bit.ly/HODBooking Heritage Open Days

#DYK that laryngoscopes are also designed to be used with the left hand too? And... it is International Left Handers Day today! Happy #LeftHandersDay! 🤘

We're going to #NewScientistLive! 🚀 Visit our stand to learn about the fascinating world of anaesthesia first-hand from expert anaesthetists. 💉 🎟️ bit.ly/3yrD5Yj New Scientist Events Association of Anaesthetists #NSLive

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Booking for #OpenHouseFestival is now live!    Grab your tickets for a *free* tour and discover what lies behind the doors of 21 Portland Place! 📆 Saturday 14 September, 10:00-16:00 🎟️ bit.ly/3qQuHy4 The City of London @openhousefestival Association of Anaesthetists

Our Open House Festival tours are now fully booked. We can't wait to see you all there!✨

This month in 1898 German Surgeon August Bier gave the first recorded spinal anaesthetic! 💉 He administered it to his assistant Hildebrandt and used a cocaine mixture. Bier also introduced the technique of intravenous analgesia!     #WayBackWednesday #HistMed #MedTwitter

#OTD in 1898, author and film director Preston Sturges was born.📽️ Sturges wrote & directed The Great Moment (1944) starring Betty Field and Joel McCrea. It's about dentist William Morton and his discovery that ether could be used as an anaesthetic in surgery. Who has seen it?

Welcome back to another #TriviaTuesday! Who can guess what this set is for? #HidMed #MedTwitter

🚨 Last chance to win £150 of John Lewis vouchers! 🚨 Have you visited the Heritage Centre recently? Do you follow our socials? Let us know what you think and you could win £150 of John Lewis vouchers. Survey: bit.ly/4fASG9e