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Collecting and sharing the history of medicine and healthcare in Ireland. And yes, we have Napoleon’s toothbrush! Tweets by Harriet and Chiará
6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Joined October 2010
🔊Calling all researchers! The 2025 Kirkpatrick History of Medicine Award is open for applications. The awards encourages and promotes the study of the history of medicine in Ireland. Presentations will be held on 8 April 2025. Find out more and apply here
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#WorldCancerDay was this week. Mid-20th century doctors manually counted red blood cells to detect anaemia and blood abnormalities in cancer patients using an RBC pipette to dilute and mix blood. #RCPICollections #MedicalHistory #Oncology #BloodExamination 📷MIMM/2018-5-9
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This afternoon we put the finishing touches to our new exhibition including one of the most famous item in our collection, Napoleon's toothbrush. Carefully, overseen by the man himself. #rcpicollections #medicalmuseum #dentalhistory #museumfun
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Thanks to all who attended our On Call for Ireland event last week, celebrating Irish medics past & present who have represented their country on the rugby pitch 🏉 A fantastic evening of talks, exhibitions and reminiscences, and the great way to kick off a successful weekend!
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@FourCourtsPress You can also listen to an interview with Rosaleen and Roseann, two of the nurses featured in the book.
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New archives for the New Year! Matthew & Angela Russell Papers and for #nollaignamban it's all about Angela. Angela Russell, nee Coyne, (1893-1991) physician & social reformer, her papers cover her work as a women & infants health advocate, including letters, cuttings & ephemera
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Happy New Year to all our friends and followers 🥳 With apologies to Sir William Wilde and William Stokes, but they were famous for their wild(e) parties. As well as this image of them sharing a bottle of beer, we also have this beautiful claret jug gifted by Wilde to Stokes!
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Wishing a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and followers 🤶
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RT @WomenMedIreland: #SundayWiMIN24 Week 51: Dr Mary Bridget O'Donnell (1919-1999). Graduated 1942 @UCC, Membership @RCPI_news 1951, Fellow…
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2025 is shaping up to be an exciting yEAR!👂 Follow us to explore and uncover the history of medicine and its treasures - like this 19th-century brass ear syringe with changeable nozzles. #rcpicollections #MedicalHistory #MuseumCollection #ComingSoon #EarSyringe #MuseumFun
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Wrapping... the collection edition! 🎁🎄 Objects like this leather midwifery bag from the late 19th century, require special wrapping. #PreservingHistory #rcpicollections #medicialmuseum #BehindTheScenes #MedicalHistory 📹Doctor's Bag, 1875-1925 (MIMM/2009-1/1)
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RT @RCPI_news: We are thrilled to announce Dr Alex Reid as the new dean of RCPI Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Dr Reid is a consultant…
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Do you prefer your bath hot or cold?🌡️ In the 19th century, bathing was therapy! Using Forbes Bath Thermometer, invented by Dr Forbes, baths were kept at precise and prescribed temperatures for therapeutic benefits. #rcpicollections #medicalmuseum #Hydrotherapy #MuseumCollection
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OPEN FOR BOOKINGS! - We are delighted to be hosting this event to celebrate the Irish medical graduates who have played rugby for Ireland over the last 150 years. This is a free event, with a collection for the IRFU Charitable Trust Book your tickets now -
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RT @RCPI_news: This week we are welcoming 219 new Members of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland from 24 countries. 🎉
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Over the next two days RCPI will be holding ceremonies to admit 164 new Members, and that can only mean one thing - it is time to get the mace out! #rcpicollections #rcpihistory #medicalmuseum #MRCPI #dayinthelife
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December is #ConstipationAwarenessMonth and in our collection, you can find a book that contains something unexpected—a 19th-century brass enema kit! It consists of a brass and ivory syringe with two nozzles, housed in a compact, book-style case. #medicalmuseum #RCPICollections
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