Just logged onto the #emroctranscribes sign-up sheet and claimed my first page. So great to see all these names! I'm going with pg 113 of RCP museum MS 502. It starts with a Rx for "Hipp Gowte" which uses black soap & aqua vita, let the fun begin! #histmed #materialhealthtech

The Hazen Education Prize—honoring outstanding teaching in #histSTM—goes to Alex Wellerstein for his online explorations of nuclear & #ColdWar history, including his blog (blog.nuclearsecrecy.com) & #NUKEMAP. #HSS22

The Rainger Prize, awarded by History of Science's Earth & Environment Forum, goes to Claire Isabel Webb, whose article "Gaze-Scaling: Planets as Islands in Exobiologists' Imaginaries" examines the use of the "island lab" metaphor in early exobiology research. #HSS22 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

The winner of the Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize, Beans Velocci, notes that this is first time the award has gone to a trans scholar or an article on transness. They emphasize the relevance of this choice given ongoing persecution of trans people in the US. #HSS22

The Reingold Prize, recognizing an original grad student essay on the history of science & its cultural influences, goes to Alexander Clayton who wrote about the "learned pig" & debates over intelligence in Enlightenment London. More on the pig 🐷-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_p… #HSS22

This year's Pauly Prize, recognizing the best 1st book on #histSTM in the Americas, goes to Allison Margaret Bigelow for her book, Mining Language, which explores the cross-cultural origins of mining knowledge in the 16th & 17th c. Iberian world. uncpress.org/book/978146965… #HSS22

The Levinson Prize is awarded biennially for a book in the history of the life sciences & natural history. This year's winner is Jennifer Bangham, whose book (Blood Relations) examines the history of blood transfusions in 20th c. Britain. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… #HSS22 #histmed

Completely thrilled to see @taranummedal win this honor. So much careful and detailed historical work (and storytelling!) went into this project, and it is already a major hit with my students. So glad to see it receiving the praise it deserves. Congrats, Tara!

Congratulations to Marga! What a wonderful project.

Huge congrats to my fellow Bulletin of the History of Medicine editor Jeremy Greene as well as Victor and Gabriella for their truly wonderful article.

Oh wow wow wow, I am so excited to read this (and use it in teaching!). Congratulations, Cathy! DrClaudineRouge1767

Just in time for the Superbowl: superb long-form piece in The New Yorker by ingfeichen featuring historical work of @TheNeuroTimes and Emily Harrison on what we choose to forget we have known about head injuries in sports:

So fortunate to be an editor Bulletin of the History of Medicine with these two. Both are such generous and exciting scholars. Great session with Harvard’s History of Medicine Working Group. We will be back at it at the AAHM in May! Dr. Alisha Rankin Jeremy Greene

"Once Bitten: Mosquito-Borne Malariotherapy & the Emergence of Ecological Malariology within/beyond Imp. Britain" by Tom Quick makes a case for the central role that malariotherapy played in the dev of an ecological approach to malaria research/control: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/….

So excited about this excellent forum on abortion post-Dobbs - in front of the pay wall and extremely teachable. Also check out the 🔥new 大頭鼠 cover design!

Pregaming #AAHM2023 with the ⁦Bulletin of the History of Medicine⁩ eds ⁦Gabriela Soto Laveaga⁩ ⁦Dr. Alisha Rankin⁩

We'd love to hear your ideas, #AAHM2023! Eds Jeremy Greene, Gabriela Soto Laveaga, and Dr. Alisha Rankin will be near the Hopkins Press table at the book exhibit tomorrow morning after the plenary. Stop by and see us!

Agree! It was a great meeting, and the Michigan Union was a fantastic venue. Huge congratulations (and thanks) to everyone involved with the planning.

It finally happened! Wordle 711 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩