So thrilled to be attending @ARAconf this year with some wonderful colleagues and friends! Can’t wait for some fascinating discussions and presentations! @dalykeeks @ARAIreland.

RT @ARAIreland: This month’s #ExploreYourArchive |#CuardaighDoChartlann theme is #EYANature | #EYADúlra & we want to see all your archives….

RT @RCSEdArchive: This is our 1st edition of William Harvey’s ‘Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis…’, published in 1628, and often cited a….

Pictured are Figwort and Honeysuckle plants.#EYADomhan #EYAEarth #explorearchives #cuardaighdochartlann @ARAIreland @explorearchives

Here we have a small pocketbook which contains ‘Description Names and Botanical Sources of Plants used in the .Manufacture of Garretts Herbine’ from the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists .collection @RCSILibrary Heritage Collections

RT @ARAIreland: The Aibreán / April #CuardaighDoChartlann / #ExploreYourArchive theme is Domhan / Earth! We can’t wait to see what everyone….

This second image depicts a nurse in the operating theatre at the Hôpital irlandais, Saint-Lô in Normandy, France (1945-1946) RCSI/FoN/05/02 #histmed

It’s #WorldTheatreDay 🎭 & why not share some stunning operating theatre images from RCSI Digital Heritage Collections! RCSI/IP/Dickson/03/04/01 is a souvenir photograph album (1894-1898) which includes this fabulous image of Dr. Emily Winifred Dickson conducting an operation

RT @RCSILibrary: On #WorldTBDay we celebrate Dr James Deeny's work (1906-94) in improving public health & completing important research &….

(Ref: RCSI/HCR/04/01/05) The collection will soon be made available on RCSI Heritage Collection’s online catalogue and open to researchers for consultation! #histmed #pharmacy.

In a recent episode of @RCPEHeritage podcast: ‘Insomnia, Iron & the Itch’ one of the hosts mentions Blaud’s pills, a preparation of iron used to enrich the blood & treat anaemia. Below is an image of a bottle of Blaud’s pills in the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists collection!

RT @ARAIreland: Seachtain na Gaeilge: A celebration of Irish language & culture founded in 1902 as part of the Gaelic revival by @CnaGaeilg….

RT @ARAIreland: The #ExploreYourArchive theme for Márta/March is #EYACeartas/#EYAJustice & we can’t wait to see what everyone shares! . Don….

It’s here!!!! A new favourite to add to the podcasts library alongside @RCPEHeritage Casenotes! Brilliant & fascinating start to @surgeonshall “Beyond the Knife” with a discussion on dissection among other topics with @AnatomicalCat and @StChante! Give it a listen! #histmed.

RT @ARAIreland: The #exploreyourarchive | #cuardaighdochartlann monthly theme for February | Feabhra is #EYALove | #EYAGrá ❤️ We can’t wait….

Yesterday was #NationalPharmacistDay & what better way to celebrate than by sharing these images of medicine bottles from the Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists collection & this image of an HCR branch: The Ballsbridge Medical Hall #histmed #archives

There are many fabulous resources on Huxley two of which are, Margaret Preston’s entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography and the RCSI Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery’s records which have recently been made available to researchers! #histmed #histnursing.

She was a pioneer in the standardisation of nurse training and education in Ireland and helped create the Dublin Metropolitan Technical School for Nurses supplying further training to nurses at all levels of experience in 1893.

Margaret Rachel Huxley was born #OTD in 1855. Her first appointment in 1882 was as Matron of Dublin's National Eye and Ear Infirmary & in 1884 she was appointed Lady Superintendent and Matron of Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin. Credit: RCSI Heritage Collections ~ RCS/FoN/09/03

RT @ARAIreland: 🚨Folks, a final reminder to you all🚨Today is the final day to fill out this census. We've had a great response so far but w….

Delighted to have had the chance to write this blog exploring the history of the Mercer building & investigate links in the Hayes, Conyngham and Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists collection to Mercer’s Hospital and @GuinnessIreland! Some fun #histmed research to end the year!.