Medicine's Bizarre History

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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…

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.

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

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

#JosephLister, surgical pioneer, was born #otd 1827. One of our favourite things @TeviotPlace 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 😍🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

FIRST EVER BREAST AUGMENTATION The patient also happened to have a large lipoma in her lower back. So Dr. Vincent removed the breast mass and replaced the lost tissue with the Lipoma from her back. He performed the surgery successfully and kept her in the hospital 23 days.

FIRST EVER BREAST AUGMENATION! Vincent Czerny, In 1895, performed first breast augmentation on a 41 year old singer who had a painful lump in her breast and was encouraged to have it removed.

Acupuncture needles and ancient medicine illustration showing acupuncture points on human body. #histmed #historyofmedicine

1845 March 12: Francis Rynd published work in the "Dublin Medical Press" about injections with a hollow needle he developed tinyurl.com/yrfc6cv8 #histmed

For #BrainAwarenessWeek we have Charles Bell's 'Idea of A New Anatomy of the Brain', which has been described as 'the Magna Carta of Neurology'

Dissection showing the brachial plexus taken from Surgical Anatomy (c.1851) by Joseph Maclise. It has been suggested that the lifelike portraits used in this book are actually of visitors to the Great Exhibition of 1851! #anatomy