History of Medicine Library Oxford
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The History of Medicine Library is one of the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford. Catch up on all our news here.
45 Banbury Road, Oxford, UK
Joined February 2011
History of Medicine Library re-opening!
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Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, the library will not be open today. We are closed next week 13-17 March inclusive, but back with you Monday 20th March.
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The Royal College of Physicians – Part I (Wiley Digital Archives)
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RT @gaelhistory: 11 Jan 1922 - Insulin is first used to treat diabetes when Leonard Thompson, a 14 year old boy in hospital in Toronto, is…
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RT @DrLindseyFitz: Dominique Jean Larrey, a French surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars, created "flying ambulances" (below) to provide rapid…
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RT @saralread: We've been so ridiculously sick all week in this house, that I began to wonder whether convalescent homes by the sea were st…
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RT @WelshBiography: Jethro Gough, pathology professor, was born at Mountain Ash #onthisday 1903. Gough discovered that coal dust caused pne…
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RT @Anaes_Heritage: #OTD in 1846, dentist James Robinson administered ether to 13 y/o Miss Lonsdale for a tooth extraction. The first perso…
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RT @smurrayleeds: I've submitted the final revisions of my In/Disciplines #MedicalHumanities #DisabilityStudies book for @BloomsburyAcad. R…
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RT @StJohnsGate: St John Ambulance is known worldwide and has published first aid manuals in many different languages. This example is a 19…
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RT @agnesjuliet: Please help me do my job. Has anyone come across any literature on the history of Children's hospitals? Other than institu…
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December Opening Hours and Christmas Closure
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RT @surgeonshall: Joseph Lister invented the carbolic acid spray as he believed the main source for infection was air-borne germs. Both the…
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RT @RCPEHeritage: Life hack: always put the serpent into a barrel of wine to purify before you use it to treat your leprosy
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RT @HistoryExtra: It’s history of medicine week on the website! From the first general anaesthetic to early caesareans and the use of medic…
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RT @WSGUK: This sounds perfect for anyone interested in #womenhist and #medhist: online launch of a special edition of 'Women's Writing' on…
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