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'One can use the sword as a crutch...cold weak tea is best for the march'. A study of wartime self-aid (1900) archive.org/details/b21974…

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: heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408 #histnursing #womeninmedicine #WW1

Have you seen our NEW entry to our digital timeline for Dr Jamini Sen when in 1912 she became 1st female fellow of Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow? She also features in 2024 year tile. Discover more interesting facts re #Scottish #History in link below: colourfulheritage.com/ch-timeline/

We are opening tomorrow for a special event #musicinthegri with the fabulous @cchaimbeulmusic & @76scotta 🎶 130pm for approx 45mins. Come along if you can 🙏 Drop in and drop out so even if you only have 10mins to escape the pressures of life/work/whatever, do it 🤝

Illustration of the common carotid artery taken from A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body (c.1814) by Andrew Fyfe. Fyfe was a Scottish anatomist and was appointed dissector to Alexander Monro (secundus) at the University of Edinburgh. #anatomy #histmed

We're upgrading our phone system today (Thursday 16 January) which means our phone lines will be down for a short period this morning. Please email us on [email protected] with any urgent inquiries. Many thanks for your patience.

Catgut ligatures prepared with juniper oil and preserved in alcohol. Manufactured by John McMillan, Chemist, Glasgow c.1929

A plaque marking the townhouse where Joseph Lister lived between 1860 and 1869, while he was the Professor of Surgery at Glasgow University. Cont./ #glasgow #plaque #medicine #josephlister #medicalhistory #glasgowhistory #glasgowroyalinfirmary

Visit our latest exhibition celebrating William Macewen, one of the greatest surgeons of his time with an amazing lasting legacy. He pioneered asepsis and bone surgery, performed the first successful brain tumour operation & so much more! heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/exhibits/show/…

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

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”.

⚠️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 heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk #StormEowyn

We send our very best wishes to our Members, colleagues and friends observing the holy month of Ramadan.

Are you a South Asian medical practitioner in Scotland? Monique Lerpiniere is a PhD student at University of Strathclyde working with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Please contact Monique on [email protected] and share with anyone who might be interested.

We are now on Bluesky, come and say hi! #HappyInternationalWomensDay2025 bsky.app/profile/rcpsgh…

Did you know in 1854 Asyri Bey from Egypt registered as a Medical student The University of Edinburgh? Wuzeer Baig was the 1st first Indian medical student in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from Bombay in 1858-9. Xplore more in the Celtic Crescent about Muslims & Islam in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: colourfulheritage.com/wp-content/upl… #muslimheritagemonth

For the Blythswood Festival, I’m giving a talk Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow on Sir JJ Burnet, one of #Glasgow’s greatest architects. His work goes from the British Museum and Selfridges, to more humble pubs and cottages. If you want to know more join me next week 🤔👀👇! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enigma-o…

The great #Glasgow architect Sir JJ Burnet was responsible for some of our city’s greatest buildings 👀👇😮! But… how did he achieve all this 🤔? If you want to know more then join me for my talk Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow next Thursday evening. Details below👇 😉👍! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enigma-o…

Today I went to meet an online friend that I have known for sometime now, but never met in person. I finally got to meet the 18th Century Herbal Notebook RCPSG Heritage This important piece of Scottish herbal and medical literature has become so familiar to me, from my use of the