Today’s Find: “Body-Snatching” published anonymously in 1824. Written by Southwood Smith & William Mackenzie tinyurl.com/48fuc4f6 #histmed

Today’s Find: Physician Alan Nourse published his novel “The Blade Runner” in 1974 tinyurl.com/y4p6xqae He published widely in both science fiction & medical topics tinyurl.com/y3yyrvwm As “Doctor X” he authored “Intern” in 1965 #histmed

2024 May 8 was #NationalSchoolNurseDay tinyurl.com/yc6wpjmt Here's a ca. 1994 handout from the nurse's office at Valley Elementary School in #Pelham #Alabama

Today’s Find: Diploma of Elisha Baker Smith from the #Birmingham Medical College May 10, 1912 #Alabama tinyurl.com/yah7twa2 #histmed #bham #OTD

Today’s Find: Today's Film: Cary Grant plays pediatrician Madison Brown in this 1948 romantic comedy 'Every Girl Should Be Married' tinyurl.com/yd4r3z24 #histmed

Today’s Find: On 'Downton Abbey' Jessica Brown Findley played Lady Sybil Crawley tinyurl.com/odrmm9g Sybil served as an auxiliary nurse during WWI tinyurl.com/ya63vu7k #histmed #histnursing

Today’s Find: The American TV comedy “Hennesey” ran 1959-1962 with Jackie Cooper as the Navy physician title character tinyurl.com/y4f8yh3uAbby Abby Dalton played nurse Martha Hale; here she is with guest star Charles Bronson
tinyurl.com/362up8pz #histmed #histnursing

Today’s Comic Book: “Girls’ Romances” #46 Sept 1957 tinyurl.com/eb277j9u #histmed #histnursing

Today's Vintage Book Cover: Sue MacDonald published a few medical romances tinyurl.com/k74a5cns This title from the late 1960s #histmed

1968 May 8: Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm performed the first kidney transplant at the University of #Alabama Medical Center in #Birmingham . Since then more than 14,000 organs have been transplanted at #UAB . Photo from 1991 tinyurl.com/y72v334h #bham #bhm 📷 #histmed

1846 May 8: First major battle of US-Mexican War at Palo-Alto. The first wartime use of ether came the following spring tinyurl.com/ycel2rh4 #OTD #histmed

1794 May 8: Antoine Lavoisier beheaded in French Revolution tinyurl.com/2uymvu Discovered role of oxygen in combustion #histmed Named oxygen & recognized it & hydrogen as elements. Studied heat given off during respiration

Today’s Find: “The Doctor Willoughby Story” episode of the western TV series “Wagon Train” imdb.com/title/tt074309… Jane Wyman as a doctor shunned by both whites and Native Americans. First broadcast 5 Nov 1958 #histmed

1812 May 7: English poet Robert Browning born. His 1855 poem 'Mesmerism' reacts to that practice of his day tinyurl.com/bpqlzpy He died 12 Dec 1889 tinyurl.com/yagdcau2 #histmed

1896 May 7: Prolific serial killer H.H. Holmes was hanged in Philadelphia tinyurl.com/6pv94du He often used chloroform to subdue his victims, estimates of which range from 22 to 200 #histmed

Today’s Find: Ad for the Hays Drug Co. in the #Cullman Tribune 29 April 1897
tinyurl.com/ykzmysdt #Alabama #histmed

1862 May 6: Henry David Thoreau died. 'You expand like a seed in the ground' he wrote in his journal in May 1851 after receiving ether at the dentist bit.ly/1li5Ozf Born 12 July 1817 #histmed

2023 May 6: Thomas Hornbein, MD, died; born 6 Nov 1930 tinyurl.com/43222prd He was an anesthesiologist & mountaineer & studied human physiology at high altitude #histmed Among his many publications is 'Everest: The West Ridge' [1998]

1922 May 6: John W. Severinghaus, anesthesiologist and pioneer of blood gas analysis, was born tinyurl.com/3nypbvrv #histmed Died 2 June 2021 See also tinyurl.com/52aym3nx

1870 May 6: James Young Simpson died; introduced chloroform into medical practice & much more bit.ly/1mt4x7S Born 7 June 1811 #histmed #OTD The day of his funeral a Scottish holiday was declared; 100,000 are said to have lined the streets to watch the funeral cortege