Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary
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Glasgow Royal Infirmary
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Well if it isn't Baron Joseph Lister on his holidays with his family in Canada in 1897. Image belongs to @wellcomecollection. @grisurgery
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Ooft it was a real honour to have Prof Jann Gardner, Chief Executive and Dr Lesley Thomson KC, Chair of @nhsggc visit us last week. Dr Thomson posed alongside our display about Rebecca Strong, our first matron. Three formidable and remarkable women; one in 1879, two in 2025.
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Our beautiful alley of Pear Trees thanks to @tradeshouse @lordprovostgcc & @glasgowhighkirk . Glasgow has a rich fruit tree heritage:The Merchant City is built on a former orchard & Gartnavel Royal houses the city's oldest Pear Tree. Chutney, cider. endless possibilities
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RT @tours_talk: A favourite photo Glasgow's Cathedral Square. A miniature Queen Victoria at entrance to @FriendsofGRI museum (by Albert Hem….
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Check out this menu for The Mess Dinner in 1981. Some feast😂
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A final Kidney post: Royal connections. 1973 Princess Margaret opened ward 42. With its new curtains & flowers 42 was a step up from 51/52, located in the car park! They received no Royal Visit!. 1993 Princess Anne opened @scottishrenal & @erakidney Association meetings.
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He was describing 'the method of separation by diffusion through a septum of gelatinous matter' In 1861 he described the effects of dialysing urine - electrolytes went into the external water and a white mass was left - 'pure urea'.
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Dr Kolff (1911-2009)who invented the 1st dialyser came to Glasgow in 1979 & is pictured here at the statue of Thomas Graham in George Square. Graham was a Professor Chemistry who coined the term dialysis from the Greek dia - through and luein - to loosen.
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The Kidney Unit at GRI dialysed its first patient in 1959. Arthur Kennedy was in charge - pictured with a biochemist & the dialysis machine (pic 1/2). It was called a Kolff Kidney after it's inventor, Dr W.J. Kolff. The Kolff kidney was last used in Glasgow in 1974 (pic3/4).
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RT @tours_talk: @FriendsofGRI set-up specialist burns treatment in 1833. It had a vital role in treatment of burn injuries sustained in Gl….
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RT @NHSGGC: Today, our Chair, Dr Lesley Thomson KC, and Chief Executive, Professor Jann Gardner, visited the @FriendsofGRI Museum and Garde….
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RT @is_glasgow: A fire surround from the Rottenrow Maternity Hospital into which the doctors and midwives who delivered countless Glaswegia….
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The lovely BMS team at GRI celebrated #BiomedicalScienceDay25 recently. We have a terrific team & GRI could not run without them ❤️ #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare. They have donated the proceeds from their bake sale to us. #GRI built by The Adam brothers.Made by the people inside ❤️
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RT @GlwNecropolis: Today, Annette talks about the women of the Royal Infirmary. @FriendsofGRI.
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RT @jeelyeater1: @FriendsofGRI @UofGlasgow @ARAScot @ArchiveHashtag His son, as well giving his name to Leishmaniasis, was the Director Gen….
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William Leishman 1834-1894. Physician to GRI & Rottenrow. He was Chair of Midwifery @uofglasgow from 1868 and Editor of The Glasgow Medical Journal 1862-1876. His son, Sir William Boog Leishman, the pathologist gave his name to Leishmaniasis. @arascot.@archivehashtag
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We got plums. Our Victoria plum tree sits in our Biodiversity Garden & is watched over by Queen Victoria as she graces the museum entrance. The building, designed by James Miller was officially opened in 1914 By King George. Plum jam, pear cider, honey. endless possibilities😜
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Did you catch The Resol Quartet when they gave their debut performance in the museum as our new resident artists? Or maybe Nordic Viola last weekend?. Magnificent. if you missed them don't panic😅 . Details of the next concerts in our series #musicinthegri. @whatsonglasgow
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