Fancy getting involved in our media academy? Read more here😍 bit.ly/3T4G7cD Photo of Ellen Brown Orr, 1st women surgeon in West of Scotland (3rd row, 2nd L) & James Pringle of Pringle manœuvre fame (middle of row 3) Just cause 🙌 Have a great Tuesday🤗

🦠Smallpox💉🐄 The only human disease to have been eradicated. High mortality & devastating effects on victims. Last Glasgow outbreak, March 1950. Triggered mass quarantine & vaccination. With parallels to the 2020 C19 pandemic😷 Exhibition opens in October. Come along 🙏

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 287. The 3 simple eyes, ocelli, on the upper front of the bumblebee head are very sensitive to UV light and seem to act as sensors for light levels but, unlike the compound eyes, they are not capable of forming useful images. #bees

A telling interactive display among the exhibits on Glasgow's health and social inequalities @UoGByresHub University of Glasgow. Well worth a visit.

Images of the Western Infirmary Radiotherapy on the hoarding around the vacant site. A joint Radiology/ Radiotherapy dept was set up in 1930 with a separate Dept of Radiotherapy in 1946. Led by Dr Alex Charteris - more on him Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary museum

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 291. Bumblebees spend long periods in bright sunlight but can’t close their eyes. UV induced damage is known to impact the eyes of some insects but bumblebee eyes exposed to similar levels of UV-radiation appear unaffected. #bees

More new-to-us signage🤗 We planned to put it in the foyer but figured it’s better here to save confusion😬 Plus Lister can keep an eye on anyone coming into his department😉 Did you get tickets for The Butchering Art author Dr Lindsey Fitzharris & Adrian Teal 🖌🎨substack.com/@tealcartoons visiting? 🔗in bio

Get excited! 😆 Our little honey bees are making honey by the barrel load! We also snapped one of their bumble cousins chilling on a flower close by😎 🐝

Past Medical History Robert Liston being the first to do so in Europe a few weeks later using the ‘Yankee Dodge’ Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.130…

An outstanding visit to Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary from MD Anderson Cancer Center #surgicalonc Michael White and Neal Bhutani providing insight into advanced #colorectalcancer Mx Congratulations to our research fellows/ surgical trainees for great presentations University of Glasgow UofG MVLS Jamieson Spatial Lab

A new piece of writing on my website. About the first successful brain tumour operation - performed in Glasgow in 1879. Miss Watson’s Contribution sarahsmithwriter.com/miss-watsons-c…

Brutal Glasgow exhibition is officially open! Arrive at Glasgow City Heritage Trust, grab a set of headphones, scan the QR code and enter the world of brutalist Glasgow.

Lovely trip to Glasgow Cathedral (St Mungo's or High) this evening for the screening of Nine Whales, Tiree Glasgow Cathedral Festival launch event And the stunning Blacader Aisle is now open after 10 years of refurbishment 👏 Check those striking lime-washed walls 😍 Absolutely beautiful! Go check it out ☝️

We're taking part in Glasgow Doors Open Day! Come and explore our beautiful building on St Vincent Street and learn about the history of medicine and surgery in Glasgow. We're open 10am-4pm, Saturday 21st September. We'd love to see you 😀 glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/buildings/roya… GlasgowDoorsOpenDays

The original 1890s entrance to Glasgow's Saint Enoch Subway Station just visible through the glass canopy of its modern replacement. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #subway #glasgowsubway #stenochsquare

It’s GlasgowDoorsOpenDays & we are taking part 🥳 Thurs & Fri we covered ‘Where Art & Science Collide’ Sat & Sun talks on the hour from 12 noon plus you can explore our exhibits & have 🧁 Come learn about the oldest hospital in Glasgow & how it has shaped healthcare worldwide 🤩

Offt winter is coming & along with it coughs & colds🤧 In 1892, a Clarke’s Fairy Invalid Lamp would sort those stuffy nasal passages right out AND it doubles up as a food warmer 🙏 Come & see more of our objects today for GlasgowDoorsOpenDays #gdodf Open from 12.

Past Medical History The ‘ appliance of the science’ Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary

GLASGOW! I'll be speaking Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Nov 2nd @ 1 pm & signing books on the "Lister table!" At 3:30 pm, @tealcartoons & I will be discussing our kids' book PLAGUE-BUSTERS! A medical history bonanza! Event 1: eventbrite.com/e/an-audience-… Event 2: eventbrite.com/e/plague-buste…