Latest posts tagged with #explorearchives on Bluesky
A handwritten survey response from Trinidad, dated 1829. One sentence reads: ‘Of native doctors we may say we have not any except old women who deal in simples.’
These 1829 surveys show how British colonial doctors in Latin America helped destroy inclusive indigenous medical practises, in which gender and wealth played no role. In Britain, only wealthy men could be doctors.
#ExploreArchives #EYAInclusion
A double page spread from a 17th century handwritten recipe book, including a remedy for ‘gravel’ (urinary tract stones) shared with Sarah Wigges by Mr Speed.
#EarlyModern recipe books reflect collective medical knowledge. Anyone of any gender, ethnicity, or status could practise medicine. But the founding of the RCP in 1518 was an attempt to stamp out this inclusive culture and ensure that only wealthy men could be doctors
#ExploreArchives #EYAInclusion
A Victorian scrapbook containing drawings of dissected body parts, bugs, and other items.
A handwritten poem about a squirrel, written in 1829.
Dr Pye-Smith’s scrapbook includes an ode by James Hadfield to Jack Squrriel, one of many pets he had while held in Bethlem for trying to assassinate George III. The British state would rather criminalise those with mental health conditions than support them in the community
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
Eighteenth century handwritten medical recipes
Eighteenth century handwritten medical recipes
Dog health in #EarlyModern recipe books! The 6th recipe down in the 1st image asserts that ox blood poured into an open wound ‘cureth ye scabs in dogs,’ and the treatment for mange involves train oil (from whales), soap, gunpowder, and flower of brimstone (sulphur)
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
In oral history recordings, silence can be as powerful as the words it punctuates. In this emotional clip, former RCP president Andrew Goddard speaks about losing his friend and colleague, Donal O’Donoghue, to #COVID.
#ExploreArchives #EYASilence
👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Official written documents relating to HIV/AIDS from the 1980s and 1990s
The first mention of #HIV/AIDS in RCP minutes is 6 years after the first AIDS-related death in Britain. The RCPs silence helped the state take advantage of the epidemic to spread fear, introduce queerphobic policies, and cut services such as healthcare
#ExploreArchives #EYASilence
These beautiful plant drawings were made by an unnamed Chinese artist, possibly at the behest of colonialist John Bradby Blake in 1771-2. Ordinary sticky tape is a nightmare for archives, but acid-free repair tape can be used to patch up torn pages.
#ExploreArchives #EYAConservation
It’s hard to remove archives safely from envelopes that open at 1 end. We’re repackaging with 4-flap folders that can be opened without damaging the contents. These letters from Eugène Dupuy to Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard can now be accessed more easily & safely
#ExploreArchives #EYAConservation
🎾Anyone for a Pimms? We've been enjoying Wimbledon, so to celebrate here's Kitty McKane at the Ealing Tournament in 1924. Kitty won Wimbledon singles twice and mixed doubles twice, and was runner-up three times in the doubles 🍓
#ExploreArchives #Wimbledon #Tennis #Archives
This month’s EYA theme is #EYATravel / #EYATaisteal! We want to see all archives relating to travel 🧳 Tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #explorearchives #CuardaighDoChartlann *Reposted because we noticed the graphic had the ‘h’ cropped out of Meitheamh!
www.araireland.ie/sites/defaul...
@rcsilibrary.bsky.social
#irisharchives #IND2025 #nursinghistory #histmed #explorearchives
So you didn't know Beatrice before?! That's fabulous! All because of #explorearchives Finding guineapigs and Naming Nurses! 🤣🤣🤣
#archiveanimals #explorearchives #HistNursing
I see your guineapig and raise you a guineapig AND a bunny 🐰@ermerlindaj.bsky.social
Ref @nursingtimes.bsky.social Dec 1987
#archiveanimals #explorearchives #HistNursing
A new guide has been launched (see reposted post), but never fear we keep previous versions in our #DigitalArchives cos we can ✊
Working with #dogs in health care settings
This link is to a HISTORICAL guide 😉
rcn.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...
Pictured are Figwort and Honeysuckle plants.
#EYADomhan #EYAEarth #explorearchives #cuardaighdochartlann @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
The maternity ward at Christmas in the Hôpital irlandais de Saint-Lô where there were #Decorations & perhaps a few #Bells hanging from the ceilings and hopefully a #FestiveFeast for all these new mothers! #EYAFestive #ArchiveAdventCalendar #explorearchives @arascot.bsky.social
Collage of images featuring old photos, book covers and postcards
Collage of images featuring old photos and postcards
I've been collecting photos, postcards, books and memorabilia for over 10 years.
I publish one post a month for each site.
tongwynlais.com/history/
castellcoch.com/history/
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #YourArchive #TonHistory #CastellCoch #Tongwynlais #Cardiff
This postcard shows cattle grazing under Castell Coch. This area is now a golf course.
tongwynlais.com/2018/12/29/p...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Animals #TonHistory #CastellCoch
For #EYAAnimals here is an image of a price list for Horse & Cattle Medicines along with their Uses & Doses which were sold by Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists (1897-1998) @araireland.bsky.social #histmed #historyofpharmacy #explorearchives
At Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists, family was key to the ethos of how the business was run. It also continued to be managed and run by some of the descendants of the original founders until it was sold to Boots in 1998 #EYAFamily #explorearchives @araireland.bsky.social
Old photo of Greenmeadow House, a gothic mansion in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, with three images of the Lewis Family who lived in the house.
The Lewis’ of Greenmeadow gives a brief history of the ancient Lewis family from the 1500s, describes the various owners and finally, the reasons why the house fell into ruin.
tongwynlais.com/2024/11/24/t...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Family #TonHistory
For #EYAFashion I wanted to share these images from the General Nursing Council for England and Wales’ ‘Instructions with Regard to Uniform and Badge which may be worn by Registered Nurses’ published in 1931 @araireland.bsky.social #nursinghistory #histmed #explorearchives
blue silk scarf with black ink illustrations of different people
Dorrit Dekk designed this silk scarf as a gift for the attendees of the 38th Congress of the International Union of Public Transport, May 1969. The design is based off her 'We Londoners' poster for London Transport.
ID: DDK/12
@araukie.bsky.social #Fashion #EYAFashion #Explorearchives #EYA
"Linda Morgan and Ruth Williams fondly remember how important Whitsun was in the village. In those days children had nothing, you had Sunday best, school clothes and not much else."
tongwynlais.com/2018/04/26/w...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Fashion
Tongwynlais had a huge number of public houses for a small village.
I recently published a history of the Lewis Arms, which is one of the oldest.
tongwynlais.com/2024/08/21/l...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Huge
This book press from the Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists collection is definitely #huge!
From the research I’ve done so far it would have been used to copy letters, very useful for Victorian record keeping I would think! #EYAHuge @araireland.bsky.social #explorearchives
#EYATiny A collection of labels for tinctures, medications, general remedies & products sold by Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists (1897/1998), if you zoom in you’ll be able to see just how #tiny some of them are! @araireland.bsky.social #histmed #explorearchives #pharmacy
I purchased a guidebook for St Fagans as the description mentioned Castell Coch and I was intrigued. It turned out to have this charming little pamphlet for Caerphilly Castle and Castell Coch inside.
castellcoch.com/2022/12/18/v...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Tiny
"Turn of the Century Ton" by Roger L Brown.
Roger Brown is a prolific historian and author who documented so much about Tongwynlais and the surrounding area.
tongwynlais.com/2024/01/19/t...
#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives #Heroes
These images have now been digitized and are available on the RCSI Heritage Collections digital platform rcsi.access.preservica.com/uncategorize... @araireland.bsky.social #explorearchives #histmed #irisharchives #nursing #midwifery
