#HistoryOfMedicine

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Did you know that antibiotic resistance is as old as antibiotics themselves?

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Penicillin destroys bacteria by breaking their cell walls. It works by binding to a specific enzyme called DD-transpeptidase, which is responsible for cross-linking the peptidoglycan chains that form the bacterial cell wall. By blocking this enzyme, penicillin weakens the cell wall and causes the bacteria to burst.

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ICYMI: Book Review of #TheSongOfTheCell by #SiddharthaMukherjee. An elegant look at the history of cellular biology. https://suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-the-song-of-the-cell/ @scribnerbooks @siddhartha0mukherj

[topicsfromatoz]

1 DARK SECRETS UNVEILED, THE BONE GRAFTING EXPERIMENTS IN WW2

During World War II, bone grafting experiments were conducted to address the numerous bone injuries suffered by soldiers on the battlefield. These experiments aimed to innovate and improve techniques for repairing and reconstructing damaged bones, which were critical for the recovery of injured soldiers. Researchers explored a variety of grafting materials, including donor bones, synthetic materials, and even animal bones, in their quest to find the most effective methods for bone regeneration. Although these experiments were often conducted under ethically questionable circumstances, including the use of human subjects without proper consent, they played a significant role in advancing medical knowledge. The findings from these studies laid the groundwork for modern orthopedic surgery and bone grafting procedures, which continue to be crucial in treating bone injuries and deformities today.

#WorldWarII #BoneGrafting #MedicalResearch #OrthopedicSurgery #BoneRegeneration #MilitaryMedicine #EthicsInMedicine #MedicalAdvancements #HistoryOfMedicine #BoneInjuries

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[librarycompany]

A Monday morning #shelfie to get the week started off on the right foot.

We're working our way through a collection of books related to the history of medicine, and are excited to share some of these with you down the road. Watch out for #PopMedMondays!

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Today is Day 3 of Earth Day, but every day should be Earth Day in the time when our planet really needs our care. This year’s theme is “Restore Our Earth.” We can do this by restoring soil. Soil is important for our biodiversity, providing nutrients for trees and plants that we use for food and energy, retaining and purifying most of the water on earth, and preventing floods. But we’re seeing soil erosion at an accelerated rate in the last half-century and losing good healthy soil from overgrazing and overplowing.[1] Planting more trees and plants would help restore our soil.

De materia medica (On Medical Material), a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, is considered one of the great treatises on the therapeutic properties of natural substances such as plants, minerals, and animals.[2] It was written by Dioscorides Pedanius, a Greek physician, botanist, and pharmacologist. It is important to note the root structures included in the illustrations. Roots not only anchor a plant in place, but they are also its lifeline, absorbing water, minerals, and nutrients and providing much needed energy to trees and plants, from which we all benefit. Dioscorides certainly knew the importance of roots.

Folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides Dioscorides Pedanius of Anazarbos, ac.ca.65 [author] Baghdad, Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper 33 cm; width 24 cm (folio) Folio taken from Istanbul, Süleymaniye Library Islamic Arab Creation Date: 1224/621 AH Repository: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts HOLLIS number: olvwork69233

De Materia Medica (Leiden, Rijksuniverseit Bibliotheek Cod. Or. 289) Translated Title: Kitâb al-hashâ'ish 227 ff. Arabic translarion of De Materia Medica od Dioscoride Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper 31 x 21.5 cm. Samarkand Islamic Arab Creation Date: 1083 Repository: Rijksuniverseit te Leiden. Bibliotheek, Leiden, Netherlands Cod. HOLLIS number: olvwork539366

[1] https://earth911.com/inspire/regenerative-agriculture-to-restore-our-earth/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedanius_Dioscorides

[poisonerspath]

I found this awesome old pharmacy textbook from 1900 at a local used book store. This was from a time when many crude drugs in their plant form were used commonly in pharmaceutical preparations. There is information in alkaloids, and many recipes that serve as examples for the use of many poisonous plants. Unlike modern books on herbal medicine that omit poisonous plants entirely this one covers them all. Aconite, hemlock, deadly nightshade, henbane, stramonium and more. #historyofpharmacy #historyofmedicine #poisonhistory #poisonlore #poisonpath #ethnobotany #veneficium #poisonersapothecary #banefulherbs #witchingherbs #poisonpath #hexingherbs #plantmagick #greenwitch #witchcraft #wortcunning #folkmagick #witchmade #witchsgarden #ritualadornments #occultjewelry #witchyjewelry #naturalmagick #entheology https://www.instagram.com/p/COjhVKYnuJ-/?igshid=199liq9geh0gm

[ofgraveconcern]

24th September 1541, death of Swiss German Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and occultist Paracelsus. Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. His hermetical views were that sickness and health in the body relied on the harmony of man (microcosm) and Nature (macrocosm). Through this work Paracelsus founded the science of toxicology, and would also influence the contents of grimoire like the ‘Petit Albert’ all the way into the 20th century. Of his medical theories, he declared: “The universities do not teach all things,” he wrote, “so a doctor must seek out old wives, gipsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers, and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveller.…Knowledge is experience.” One lasting influence of Paracelsus is the work in the following century of English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer Nicholas Culpeper. Culpepper published his books of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge in English, a publishing language that was born with William Caxyton. By publishing in English, Culpepper’s works could be read by ordinary folk healers who could not read Latin. His most known work was ‘The English Physician’ published in 1653, it is known today as Culpeper’s Herbal. His questioning of traditional methods and knowledge, pairing herbs and planetary influences to counter illnesses and disease, led him to be accused of Witchcraft in 1642. Art shown is original and inspired by the story, it can be found on the website: www.ofgraveconern.com You are invited to follow @ofgrave.concern for more tales from history and inspired art. #paracelsus #historyofmedicine #medicalhistory #folkmedicine #folkmedicinerevival #alchemy #alchemyart #alchemyarts #astrologyposts #astrologyhistory #historyofastrology #alchemysymbols #thephilosophersstone #philosophersstone #galen #toxicology #toxicologylab #grimoire #grimoirepages #lepetitalbert #grimoireart #nicholasculpeper #culpeper #herbalmedicinecabinet #folkhealer #folkhealers #herbology #herbhistory #pharmacology #historyofscience https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNd_o5F2dc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#HistoryOfMedicine #CambridgeUniversityPress #CambridgeHistoryOfMedicine #Medicine #Academics #History #Science #Books #Learning #RoyPorter #Amazon #Reading (at Etobicoke) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHUflJD3wN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Suck a fat one Bill (from the look of Melinda you already do) We aren't subject to be guinea pigs anymore. They did this in countries in Africa recently as well and they didn't even have high covid numbers. I had a convo explaining this muffucka recently and why he shouldn't be in consideration to lead W.H.O. experiment on your own folks. #billandmelindagatesfoundation #billandmelindagates #billgates #melindagates #henriettalacks #historyofgynocology #historyofmedicine #tuskegeeexperiments #nopainmeds #syphilis #eugenics #birthcontrol #margaretsanger #fuckthepolice #blackunity #blackpower #justiceforgeorgefloyd #nolove4colonizer #whiteagenda #blackliberation #blackwalstreet #blackpride #slavepatrol #riots #raids #killercops #policebrutality #icantbreathe #colinkaepernick #pinkfolks https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTBXJsJJYV/?igshid=1epxwpdshl2o4

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🕍 Painel em bronze - História da Medicina Av. Paulista #medicine #medicinehistory #historiadamedicina #paineldebronze #bronze #bronzepanel #bronzeart #ax #avpaulista #eduardocury #diegomortega #medicinedraw #historyofmedicine #ax #human #painel #painelartistico #churchatnight #art #saintstatue #hospsantacatarina #hospitalsantacatarina #sp #brasil #brazil #arquitetura #architecture #fotografianoturna #scissors #visualart (em Avenida Paulista) https://www.instagram.com/p/B20xZzNn-it/?igshid=eddfy530e4py

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Have you ever wondered why we call aseptic avascular necrosis of the hip "Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease"? According to whonamedit.com, Czech-Austrian surgeon Karel Maydl (1853-1903) first described the condition in 1897, and then Legg, Calve, and Perthes simultaneously published about it in 1910 in English, French, and German, and so they share the name and the credit. Poor Maydl got the shaft, and medical students have to memorize a non-descript tongue twister.

Image: Sampson S, Long-Standing Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-91065

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Book Review: #TheSongOfTheCell by #SiddharthaMukherjee. An elegant look at the history of cellular biology. https://suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-the-song-of-the-cell/ @scribnerbooks @siddhartha0mukherj

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This is not a prosthetic, but a 'Spirit Rapping' hand. Such props were used during séances to ‘rap out’ mysterious messages from beyond the grave. . This hand dating from the 1930s is on display in our new Smoke and Mirrors exhibition, open now until September 2019. Find out more about magic and the psychology of illusion in ‘The Spectacle of Illusion,’ Dr Matthew L Tompkins new book accompanying the show @wellcomecollection . Credit: Senate House Library, University of London. . . #Repost @wellcomecollection @get_reposter . . #WellcomeCollection #histmed #history #museum #health #medicine #medicalhistory #historyofmedicine #magic #WellcomeMagic #illusion #psychology #hand #seance #ghosts #spirits #SmokeandMirrors https://www.instagram.com/p/BwzR4IdnB_h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19zm1vkcjy6kf

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#OnThisDay 225 years ago, Dr. Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine to James Phipps. It was the world's first vaccine, and earned Jenner the reputation of having "saved more lives than the work of any other human," and also apparently at least one ode.

It was not, however, the first smallpox inoculation. Inoculation originated in China in the 10th century, and was already practiced in India and Africa before it was introduced to England by Lady Mary Wortley Montague in the early 1700s. (She is also credited with introducing the "language of flowers" to the West, but that's a whole different story.) Someone please write her an ode!

Williams, John. Sacred allegories; or Allegorical poems. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1810.

[clinicalherbalist]

Here is a picture that a friend took of a display in Cincinnati Museum Center. It has some of the herbal medicines that were popular in the late 1700s- early 1900s. All the medicines they liked to use back then were “heroic” treatments, things that produced an immediate and dramatic effect. Most of them were very spicy or very bitter. . . . Over on the left side of the cabinet i can make out Myristica (nutmeg), pulvis Jalapae (powdered jalap, which induces vomiting), caryophyllus (clove powder), cayenne pepper, lactose, and black pepper. . . . In the second column we have cubeb pepper (spicy and camphor-y, good for circulation of lymph and blood, and other bodily fluids) on the top shelf, and down at the bottom is senna, which is still a widely used laxative today. . . . Next column on the middle shelf there is some sort of dandelion based remedy, which is digestive and stimulates the liver, and i can also see a bottle of Groves’ Chill Tonic. This was a malaria remedy with quinine, back when we had malaria here. Mr. Groves made a fortune selling that (it also became a popular temperance beverage and was used to make babies fat), and he invested it in real estate development in Atlanta at first and then in Asheville NC, where he built a resort, the Grove Park Inn, and helped define the character of Asheville as a cool destination. . . . In the next column i can make out a tincture of clematis, and then on the bottom shelf what might be Humulus (hops, a sedative) and Scott’s emulsion, which is a flavored cod liver oil supplement. . . . On the counter, resting against the leech crock, is and ad for Senecio, a diuretic (among other things) and in the middle is one for Mayapple, a violent purgative and emetic. On the other end is one for baptisia, a remedy for febrile illnesses. All three are somewhat poisonous. . . I still have and occasionally use most of these in my practice. But usually in small amounts. Dramatic effects may be good for business, but often not for people’s bodies. . . . #herbalmedicine #historyofmedicine #cincinnatimuseumcenter #hallofjustice https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs7HMD6hcnI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7tqtivz01gcr