This is a list of books donated to our Library in 1709, if you wondered what Edinburgh surgeons were reading in the early 18thc. Includes classical medical texts, French surgical works by Daléchamps & Paré & the complete works of the Paduan anatomists #nationalreadabookday

Pipers and drummers leaving Edinburgh Castle to march down the Royal Mile after the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. If you haven’t been to the Tattoo, pay a visit someday. It’s absolutely magnificent. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Vet removing a bone stuck to a tigers tooth

'She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.' It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to affect everybody’s lives.

Some of our UofGDentalSchool students will be taking part in this great public health initiative with Beth raise awareness of dental trauma in sport Catch them at Glasgow Central Station on 2-3rd Sept all day Glasgow Dental Student Society GOHISS UofG MVLS Aileen Bell University of Glasgow

The art technique of Grandma Mei Ling, age 82 Wait for it

Bit of training 🐾🐾

Join us on September 24th for "For the Good of the Living: Human Anatomy & Dissection at Old St Thomas’ Hospital"! This talk will cover the history of anatomy and surgery in our unique historic space! Find out more info/book tickets below: 👇 👇 👇 buff.ly/3T2jCF6

“Partnerships to prosper progress” University of Glasgow signs MOU with University of Zurich UZH Parasitology today. Anton Muscatelli Rachel Sandison Iain B. McInnes 🇨🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I spent the afternoon volunteering as a tour guide at The Old Medicine House, Blackden. Before the guests arrived, the cats were patrolling the garden and this one came to say hello.

Like a good set of teeth preserved in a skeleton.

It was a total pleasure to be invited to speak at the European Academy of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction in Brussels. Lots of very interesting talks and great to meet other pain researchers & clinicians.

Cocaine with menthol - for cough It says: 1 lozenge every 2 hours 1911

The Galloway Hoard was discovered by detectorist Derek McLennan at Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, #OTD in 2014. Deposited around AD 900, it is both Scotland’s earliest Viking-Age hoard and the richest ever found in Britain and Ireland. ©National Museums Scotland

Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands bbc.com/future/article… via BBC Future

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

#woodensday The Great Hall of Stokesay Castle - with fire extinguisher 🧯

Despite pirates in the Red Sea (!) copies of #Pantheon have arrived in the UK. (Because of Flora 🏺’s beautiful colour illustrations they were being printed in China.) If you’d like a signed copy, please come to my talk at 4pm this Sunday 15 Sept Sevenoaks Literary Festival ! 🥰 Sevenoaks Bookshop

The first episode of The Woodentops was originally broadcast on this day in 1955 (26 episodes were made and were regularly repeated until the early 1970's). It was created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird with Gordon Murray amongst the puppeteers.