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A free museum and library exploring the science and humanity of medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @RCPEdin
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined August 2015
Our latest free exhibition is now open! 'Wild & Tame' explores the relationship between animals and human health through history. It runs until May 2025 Find out more 🐱🐹🐸🐵🐼🦈🦇
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Castoreum is an oily substance produced in the castor sacs of beavers (beside the anal glands). It was used in medicine to treat fevers, headaches, earaches, and for ‘general strengthening of the brain’. To find out more, visit our current exhibition Wild and Tame
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Possibly one of the more accurate 17th century medical texts gives this great description: ‘There is no doore so close… where a Cat… will not find entrance’
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RT @RCPSGheritage: Illustration of the common carotid artery taken from A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body (c.1814) by Andrew Fyfe.…
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15th century almanac used by medics to bleed, blister and purge their patients based on the moon and stars
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RT @HunterianLondon: NEW EVENT 📅 Thurs 20 Feb, 18:30 - 20:00 Join Michael Sappol, historian of the visual culture of medicine and science…
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Join us and Dr Sarah Cockram on 26 February to explore caring for monkeys, giraffes and cats at the Italian Renaissance Court! Book your ticket now 👉
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📣Museum c𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 📣 Due to the red weather warning our Physicians' Gallery and our library reading room will be closed on Friday 24 January Stay safe!
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RT @RCPSGheritage: Visit our latest exhibition celebrating William Macewen, one of the greatest surgeons of his time with an amazing lastin…
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This is one of the first books on medical care for horses. For the cure ‘of the biting with a mad Dogge’, Markham recommends covering the wound with goat dung, elderwort and 40 walnuts crushed together to make a paste. Find our more at our Wild and Tame exhibition
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RT @RCPSGheritage: Catgut ligatures prepared with juniper oil and preserved in alcohol. Manufactured by John McMillan, Chemist, Glasgow c.1…
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Fishwives, or ‘oyster lasses’, were common figures in the streets of 1700s Edinburgh. Oysters were so plentiful that they were considered to be cheap snack food. The shells themselves, when ground up, were taken to relieve heartburn
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If you visit Edinburgh, make sure and stop by our latest free exhibition! 🙉Wild & Tame 🐷 explores the relationship between animals and human health through history. It runs until May 2025 Find out more
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'One can use the sword as a crutch...cold weak tea is best for the march'. A study of wartime self-aid (1900)
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Vapo-Cresolene lamp. A 19thc invention where a small flame was used to vaporise the chemicals in coal tar. Used as a treatment for chest complaints including bronchitis and asthma, in 1908 its efficacy was, unsurprisingly, debunked but it continued to be used into the 1950s
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Thanks to everyone who helped us make 2024 such a success! We’ve had talks, tours and exhibitions galore! Find out more at 👉
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#OTD 1767 - A seasonal prescription from 18thc physician William Cullen of cinnamon, orange peel, wine and brandy
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A handy 18thc kit for Christmas overindulgence – Paregoric elixir (opium) as a painkiller, Dr Gregory’s Stomach powder for heartburn and Bicarbonate of Soda for flatulence
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In the Middle Ages it was believed that mistletoe had a variety of magical properties, including keeping witches at bay. The ancient Greeks used it as a pain reliever and for conditions like seizures, headaches and arthritis
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Join us and @sarah_cockram on 26 February to explore caring for monkeys, birds and cats at the Italian Renaissance Court! Book your ticket now 👉
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Some 1600s mythbusting – also known as 'Popular Errours or the Errours of the people in matter of Physick'. This illustration shows an angel physically restraining a woman quack while the male doctor treats his sick patient
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