Dr Lindsey Fitzharris / is on Nostr

NYTimes Bestselling Author of The Facemaker. Medical historian. Breast cancer warrior. Reminding people how lucky they are to live in the 21st century. Married to @TealCartoons.

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2024-01-21 12:54:42

“Wound Man” is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts during the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, with accompanying text stating treatments. Tag yourself as a wound. 😂
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2023-08-26 15:37:36

Scarificator, late 17th century. This instrument with spring-loaded blades delivered many cuts simultaneously. Afterwards, the doctor placed a heated cup over the site. As it cooled, blood was forced out of the wounds.
Photo: University of Melbourne.
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2023-08-21 09:42:13

“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
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2023-08-19 09:02:56

During WWI, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.
#histmed #histsci #WWI #warhistory #war #medhist #science #womeninstem #womenshistory #histodon #histodons #twittermigration #twitterexodus
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2023-08-16 09:44:49

Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.
#DYK #histodon #histodons #civilwar #americanhistory #history #histmed #histsci #womensrights #womenshistory
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2023-08-07 10:14:24

This wax model of a human head from the 19th century shows the internal structure of the brain, complete with its protective covering, the meninges, the eye, cheek, neck and jaw. Wax models were used for teaching anatomy to medical students or as part of popular anatomy shows.
#histmed #histodon #histodons #twitterstorians #twittermigration #histsci #sciart #history #anatomy #medicine #doctors #nurses #dissection
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2023-07-31 10:06:06

For #MementoMoriMonday: the artist Filip Hodas is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons of animated characters. More info: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/03/filip-hodas-cartoon-skull-fossils/?fbclid=IwAR3r0mDNV-4Iu5v3-2NEnNoKqUlPFOHhCsSv-6SXI56RwS0iMY8WMcWe4GY
#histodons #histodon #weird #sciart #cartoon #cartoons
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2023-07-11 09:21:22

This is statue of Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. Notice: that's not a robe that he’s holding. It's his dissected skin. This stunning statute is by the Italian sculptor Marco d’Agrate, c.1562.
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2023-07-10 09:37:02

Male skeleton showing wear pattern to teeth resulting from long-term pipe smoking, c.1660. It was excavated from the Patuxent Point site, Calvert County, MD. All of the skeletons uncovered (men, women, and children) showed signs of smoking. #histodons #histodon #skull #histmed #medhist #smoking #skeleton #histsci #archaeology #archaeologist
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2023-07-08 10:37:44

This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.
#histodons #histodon #histmed #medhist #medical #history #DYK
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2023-05-23 09:04:27

Marie Curie's notebooks are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.
#histodons #histodon #histsci #histmed #science #scientist #radioactive
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2023-04-17 09:19:05

"The Tooth Worm as Hell's Demon,” 18th century. Carved from ivory, the two halves open up to reveal a scene about the infernal torments of a tooth worms which people believed caused cavities in the past. Complete with mini skulls, hellfire, and naked people wielding clubs.
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2023-04-04 09:50:41

Funeral Invitation, 1688.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
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