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Why fight oral hygiene - enjoy it with whiskey toothpaste! #histmed #historyofmedicine #toothpaste #pastmedicalhistory

The father of modern surgery, Joseph Lister was born #OTD in 1827. Lister transformed the surgical world when he introduced his antiseptic technique into hospitals. His work was greatly influenced by Louis Pasteur's work on putrefaction. #histmed

1830 Apr 5: Henry Hill Hickman died bit.ly/1s9ckfl He tried carbon dioxide as anesthesia in animals #histmed #OTD Born 27 Jan 1800

1827 Apr 5: Pioneer of antiseptic surgery with carbolic acid Joseph Lister was born tinyurl.com/nzbvx5h Died 10 Feb 1912 #OTD

#JosephLister, surgical pioneer, was born #otd 1827. One of our favourite things AnatomicalMuseum relating to him is this trowel he was given for laying the foundation stone of Montreal General Hospital Jubilee Nurses' Home in 1897. It comes with a beaver carrying a maple leaf 😍🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Anatomy of the parotid gland from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #histmed #anatomy #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

“This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.” -CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Chemist Justus von Liebig was perhaps the most famous scientist in the world in the mid-1800s—but he quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants. New story below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… @scihistoryorg sciencehistory.org/stories/disapp…

In 2016, partner surgeons Dr. Darrell Cass and Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye successfully operated on a 23-week-old baby by removing her from the mother’s womb, removing a tumour and then replacing her back in the womb. She was born a second time, healthy and on time.

The 18th-Century Baron Who Lent His Name to Munchausen Syndrome | History | Smithsonian Magazine #histmed smithsonianmag.com/history/the-18…

WWI recruitment poster - nurses urgently needed #histmed #historyofmedicine #WWI #pastmedicalhistory

1802 Apr 18: Erasmus Darwin died. Lunar Soc member. In addition to many other achievements & activities, he supported research by Thomas Beddoes and Humphry Davy at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol on the medical use of gases 1798-1801 tinyurl.com/br9bgt2 #histmed #OTD

Wax model showing a dissection of the head. Made in Germany in the nineteenth century, and now on display in the Science Museum, London

Jean Astruc (1684-1766, in Paris) the French professor of medicine who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases. He also became famous for his critical textual analysis of works of the Bible. #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

This bladder stone was "cut by Jer. Callot from Thomas Murray at Paris, 8th May 1676" Removing bladder stones was very dangerous as surgeons had to cut into the perineum and then into the bladder. Survivors often kept the stone as a memento like this one.

1745 Dec 24: American physician Benjamin Rush was born tinyurl.com/ch3brqh Signed Declaration of Independence, taught chemistry, medical theory & clinical practice at Univ Pennsylvania & more. He died 19 Apr 1813 #histmed #OTD

A caesarian section. From the Armamentum Chirurgicum. This book was written by Johannes Schultes (1595–1645), but was published after his death by his nephew who was also his namesake – Scultetus the Younger.

Penicillin entered mass production in 1944 and revolutionized the treatment of several venereal diseases #histmed #historyofmedicine #penicillin #antibiotics #pastmedicalhistory