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We can't wait to hear Mike Jay talk about his latest book, Psychonauts, at our event in November! Grab your tickets now to enjoy an evening exploring the human mind and how drug experimentation shaped modern medicine! 💊🧠 Yale University Press London 📖 🎟️ bit.ly/3McqQ5C

Whilst volunteering at The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret family workshop, I got to see the ‘Anatomy and Beyond’ temporary exhibit including a painting from The Old Anatomy Museum, Trinity College Dublin Evi Numen! This exhibit uses art to investigate the relationship between medicine and humanity. See it before it closes in Dec

Always fun going out into the community with The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret and using museum collections to share the history of medicine #histmed #london #museum

The IHA Medical & Health Humanities Working Group compiled an impressive Research Snapshot from across the island of Ireland. This report, launched on 27 Nov at the Royal Irish Academy includes an overview of research in this area from 138 colleagues in Ireland. irishhumanities.com/assets/Uploads…

Call for contributions📣 The network is currently seeking original research articles (c.800-1000 words) on any HSTM-related subject (Irish or non-Irish). Contact our editors: Ian Miller Hannah Brown

Today's Saturday stunner: A #nofilter photo of the Billings Hospital Administration Building (1889), Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N. Broadway.

Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Kilmainham in Dublin was one of Ireland's most distinguished eighteenth-century medical establishments, with construction starting in 1719. It was founded under the terms of the will of Dr. Richard Steevens, an eminent physician in Dublin. c. 1900

Looking forward to returning to Dublin to speak at @CHOMIreland seminar series. My paper will examine the institutional options for end of life care in late 19th and early 20th century Dublin #histmed #irishhistory UCD History

Dr Robyn Atcheson has called on Belfast City Council to commemorate, to memorialise a "forgotten" burial ground in the city. I support Dr Atcheson's call. Well done Mark Simpson on highlighting the story. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Next week, the edited collection ‘Death and Institutions,’ which I contributed a chapter to will be published. Check out The Death Studies Podcast for an overview of the book, chapter summaries & editors’ interview Centre for Death and Society thedeathstudiespodcast.com/episodes/ #workhouse #irishhistory

This interdisciplinary collection combines chapters on process, place and the past to examine the relationships both within and between institutions, institutionalisation and death in international contexts. #EndOfLifeCare #Bereavement #Death ow.ly/iHqI50V2JjM

Excellent exhibition, ‘Making the Rounds’ at Royal College of Nursing Libraries. This exhibit explores the experience and stories of workhouse nurses in Norfolk. As artefacts tend to not survive from workhouse infirmaries, artist Connie Flynn used textiles to share these stories #workhouse #histmed

Looking forward to returning to Trinity Long Room Hub to speak about medical care and death in post-Famine workhouses

Honoured to have contributed to this volume on death and institutions. My chapter examines how the priorities of post-Famine Irish #workhouse administration shaped the institution’s mortality rate. Thanks to Centre for Death and Society Bristol Uni Press Trinity Long Room Hub bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-inst…

The unmarked graves of thousands of people who died during the Irish famine in Belfast are finally set to be officially marked. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #History

🕯️ Suicide in Dublin during the Great Famine Join us for a discussion on how the Great Famine impacted mental health and suicide in 19th-century Dublin. 🗓️ Tues, May 13 | 12–1pm 🎟️ bit.ly/3GLE0qC #TrinityTalks #HiddenHistories

Thank you Trinity Long Room Hub and Near FM for inviting me to speak on medical relief and death in the post-Famine Dublin #workhouses. It was a great conversation & I enjoyed hearing about the audience’s family history. The recording will be released on 29 May #irishhistory #histmed

Really enjoyed chatting with Near FM on death in the post-Famine Dublin workhouse last week. It will broadcast tomorrow at 6pm or you can listen to the recording now listenagain.org/?p=55792 Trinity Long Room Hub #workhouse #irishhistory #dublin

🎧 Tune in to Near FM tomorrow (May 29th) at 6pm to hear Dr Shelby Zimmerman exploring the reality of death, dying, and medical care in the city’s largest poorhouse. Supported by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television licence fee. 🔗 nearfm.ie/trinity-talks-… #TrinityTalks

In the 1870s, the Holborn guardians built the Holborn Union Infirmary in Archway/Highgate, N London solely as a hospital distinct from the main workhouse site. Across the street at Whittington Hospital, is an 1848 Smallpox & Vaccination Hospital #workhouse #histmed #londonhistory