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"I believe that I have done some good in this world" sur la tombe d'Elizabeth Fleischman (1867-1905), première radiologue morte de l'exposition aux rayons X. https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/31945623/elizabeth-aschheim

#HistMed #RayonsX #Rontgen #ElizabethFleischman

Fabienne Gallaire May 16

"A doctor caught while trying to flee the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, carrying the tools of his profession. The finding is the latest extraordinary discovery at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, made more than sixty years after the excavation of the Orto dei Fuggiaschi. (...)
Diagnostic investigations have revealed a slate plate inside the case, -likely used for preparing medical or cosmetic substances - and small metal instruments that can be interpreted as surgical tools. (...)
The research is the result of interdisciplinary work that has seen archaeologists, restorers, physical anthropologists, archaeobotanists, numismatists, radiologists, diagnostic technicians and digital modelling specialists working together."

I'd say a physician rather than a doctor considering the date, but carry on.
#histsci #histmed #archeology
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/15/extraordinary-discovery-in-pompeii-a-doctor-identified-thanks-to-his-instruments

Pompeii: A doctor identified thanks to his instruments

Interdisciplinary work made it possible to identify the body of a doctor among the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The plaster cast held a case with the instruments used by doctors at the time

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Fabienne Gallaire May 15

"Three postdoctoral positions on early history of smallpox and meales on the current Wellcome funded project 'Pustules, Palaeogenetics and Pandemics from Galen to Rhazes: How to do the Early History of Smallpox and Measles’, (PI Professor Rebecca Flemming)."
Only 5 days left!
#histsci #histmed #earlymodern #postdoc #histodons #job
https://histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/05/les-debuts-de-lhistoire-de-la-variole.html

Les débuts de l'histoire de la variole et de la rougeole

Three postdoctoral positions on early history of smallpox and measles C all for applications I am delighted to announce three postdoctoral ...

Fabienne Gallaire May 15

"Une partie du cours de L3 en histoire de la médecine à l’époque moderne (HI06Y080 Histoire de la médecine et de la santé dans l’Europe moderne, Université Paris Cité) est consacrée à la transcription, à l’édition et à l’analyse de documents manuscrits dans une perspective d’initiation à la recherche."
#histmed
https://bibliotheque.academie-medecine.fr/arc8_d8_n1-20_leopold/

Maladie et mort de Léopold, duc de Lorraine (1679-1729) | Bibliothèque de l'Académie nationale de médecine

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Abie May 15

"Henry Briand (1899-1982) avait passé son doctorat, à Bordeaux en 1923. (...) Cet homme d’un certain âge, soumit e, 1972 à l’appréciation de l’Académie de médecine un modèle de montre destinée à déterminer la date de l’ovulation en vue de la régulation des naissances, dite « montre gynécologique » :
« la nécessité de remonter le mécanisme tous les jours à la même heure, sous peine de tomber dans des appréciations erronées, ensuite un calcul est imposé pour éliminer l’erreur qui pourrait être due aux cycles longs et irréguliers (...) Enfin la notice qui l’accompagne fait état de la possibilité de procurer garçon ou fille, selon que les rapports sexuels ont lieu le jour 13 ou le jour 15 : ceci relève de la plus haute fantaisie."
cc @Mmedejantee pour tout le fil :)
#histsci #histmed

Fabienne Gallaire May 13

Nouvelle sortie aux Arènes : tout sur les mystères de l'effet placébo !
https://arenes.fr/livre/la-verite-sur-le-placebo/ #parution #histmed
par @RichardMonvoisin et al.

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)May 13

Societies tell stories about what diseases are. In the wonderful EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, @[email protected] writes: “The real cause of contemporary tuberculosis is, for lack of a better term, us.” 1/ 💙📚 🧪🗃 #histsci #histmed

"Everything is Tuberculosis" a...

"Everything is Tuberculosis" and modern medicine's global origins

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Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian

Dr Surekha Davies May 4

I spoke with staff writer Gesa Gottschalk about HUMANS: A Monstrous History Gesa’s interview essay is out in the print edition of the May issue of GEO Magazin!

The print mag is GORGEOUS - in newsstands in German-speaking countries - and it's also online.

#history #monsters #histodons #histmed @histsci

https://www.geo.de/wissen/weltgeschichte/menschen-machen-monster---frueher-war-der-wal-das-gruseligste-wesen--37315370.html

Preindustrial Public Health May 1

Upcoming talk by G. Geltner "The Workers’ View: An Environmental Approach to Premodern Public Health" as part of the Oxford Medieval History Seminar. 1 June, 5pm BST at the Wharton Room, All Souls College

For remote attendance, email [email protected]

#histmed #histstm