Welcome! I'm Dr Lindsey Fitzharris. I have a PhD in the History of Medicine from Oxford, but these days I call myself a storyteller. I have two books out (The Butchering Art & The Facemaker).

Right now, I'm working on a children's book about medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases. My husband @TealCartoons is co-authoring & illustrating it.

I once hosted a TV show on the Smithsonian Channel. They made me wear a sequin jacket in a morgue. 👇

#introductions #histodons #FF

Day 2 on #histodons & still have no idea what’s going on

So here’s a picture of two 18th-century women balancing angry animals on their massive bums 🤷‍♀️ Don't say I don't treat you

(‘The Back-Biters, or High Bum-Fiddle Pig Bow Wow', 1786) #18thcentury #history #art

There’s now a directory of academics on Mastodon organized by discipline.

I’ve asked for our Literary Studies list to be added to the directory. But in the mean time I’m linking to it below.

https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon