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News, events and stories from the library, archive & museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Blog: https://t.co/6nhTkPxgP6
Glasgow, UK
Joined November 2012
⚠️Due to a red weather warning tomorrow (24/01/25) our library, archive and museum will be closed to all visitors. Staff will be online to answer queries and you can still explore our collections on our website at any time #StormEowyn
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For #NationalHandwritingDay here's proof that doctors don't have terrible handwriting! This beautifully handwritten letter (c.1735) diagnoses a patient with breast cancer, a “disorder rarely hitherto known to yield to any milder remedy than the knife”.
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Happy #LibraryShelfieDay! 📚 We love this photo of our Lower Library - this was the original working library of the College when we moved to our premises on St Vincent Street in 1862. Many of the books in this room date from that period and cover all aspects of medicine & surgery
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RT @is_glasgow: A plaque marking the townhouse where Joseph Lister lived between 1860 and 1869, while he was the Professor of Surgery at Gl…
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RT @rcpsglasgow: We're upgrading our phone system today (Thursday 16 January) which means our phone lines will be down for a short period t…
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RT @FriendsofGRI: We are opening tomorrow for a special event #musicinthegri with the fabulous @cchaimbeulmusic & @76scotta 🎶 130pm for app…
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RT @ColourHeritage: Have you seen our NEW entry to our digital timeline for Dr Jamini Sen when in 1912 she became 1st female fellow of @rcp…
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Nurse Annie Allan of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. The photo is captioned "My little home in the east" and was taken in Salonika in 1916. View this and many more photos from her album here: #histnursing #womeninmedicine #WW1
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RT @RCPEHeritage: 'One can use the sword as a crutch...cold weak tea is best for the march'. A study of wartime self-aid (1900) https://t.c…
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@SlingsbyElaine Hot ginger cordial with lemon and honey sounds delicious, cold or not! Hope you feel better soon.
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RT @Richard73015322: Don’t forget another Glasgow institution has a birthday this year - only 425 years old @rcpsglasgow ! Founded in 1599…
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Ho ho ho! #Santa is behind today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door and here's a lovely festive photo of the jolly man himself (and a St Bernard 🐶) delivering a sack full of presents to the children on the wards at Mearnskirk Hospital (c.1935)
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