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🚨Job opportunity - Scotland and Medicine programme coordinator. We are looking for someone to plan our conference, share news on the website and social media and find opportunities for collaboration between our partners. Learn more⬇️ https://t.co/iGX73ZWdli

Join @surgeonshall Human Remains Conservator, Cat Irving, for this online talk where she will discuss the history behind preserving human remains and her work as a Human Remains Conservator. More info: https://t.co/RBxUCBjxFN

Vaccinator c.1800 Learn more about this in our exhibition, Vaccination: Finding the Perfect Disease, which explores the history of vaccines & @rcpsglasgow's role in opening a smallpox vaccination station in 1800s Glasgow. Visit in-person or online here https://t.co/gHq13zUQIl

Some sage #ArchiveAdvice for residents of the nurses’ home in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, mid twentieth century… #Archive30

Today’s #Archive30 theme is #SomethingScary and our Speaking Out Project Archivist was terrified when she saw how many staples she had to remove from this bundle of call cards 😱 You can read more about the horrors of staples and paperclips in this blog: https://t.co/tRvpcachnz

Below are diets for the elderly as recommended in 1956 by the department of #dietetics at the Royal Infirmary of #Edinburgh. The recommendations include foods for those with or without an oven… and with or without teeth! #ArchiveFoodandDrink #Archive30

#ArchiveFoodAndDrink What some famous names liked as a wee tipple - Dr Anderson clear winner by volume🥃😉 Provisions for #gri in 1925, Check out the kitchens, located on the 6th floor. Windows onto Castle St are to the left. Dorcas trolley visits with snacks🥳 #archive30

The story of Charles Anderson is one that really sticks out to our visitors. Anderson suffered an injury that left his tibia with a large abscess cavity which he fitted with a large wooden plug to allow discharge.

The Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Special Care Unit opened its doors in 1968, offering facilities for premature babies, and babies needing specialist nursing – now that’s a #MiniMilestone! #Archive30

Day one of #Archive30 #YourArchive Est. May 2020 & we now have a dedicated room 💗 Lots of wonderful links to past #GRI & old photos📸 are some of our favourite objects! 1. Archive Room 2. Ward 5 c1913 3. Medical ward in The Adam Building 4. Sister Susan Glen c1920

If you’re in Edinburgh on Easter Monday next week, you can come and hear me talk about the eye in myth and science @surgeonshall https://t.co/nvgXcdEmpV

Stowe's Toxicological Chart (c.1820) shows symptoms, treatments, and modes of detecting poisons. Most treatments involved induced vomiting and purgatives. Strong tea is recommended for antimony 🫖 https://t.co/CloGZq9UbD

One week to go… @EdSciFest

Tickets for our next Public Open Day @TeviotPlace on Saturday 24th February will be available via Eventbrite from 10am this morning https://t.co/Uc6EU0TZdI

This wooden Stethoscope cam from Ward 24 of the old Glasgow Royal Infirmary; one of the wards in which Lister commenced antiseptic practice of surgery. Although binaural stethoscopes were available in Lister’s time it was not uncommon to see simple models such as this one in use.

#OTD in 1922 insulin was used for the first time to treat diabetes in a human patient. Scottish biochemist, JJR Macleod, shared the Nobel prize with Frederick Banting for their discovery on insulin. #histmed #heritage #diabetes

Tickets for our first Public Open Day of 2024 @TeviotPlace on Saturday 27th January are now available! Places are free but early booking is advised. https://t.co/w22Op1X9aL

You can read how Burke and Hare led to the downfall of phrenology here: https://t.co/giyaFJbYJV