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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.

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...

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

Pleased to say that 'Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balances' is now available through Oxford Scholarship Online!

The volume gathers fifteen studies on the history and archaeology of public health from across the preindustrial globe

academic.oup.com/book/62595

#histmed #histstm

I spoke with @[email protected] from GEO Magazin about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY. Gesa’s interview essay is out in the print edition of the May issue! Online version to come but the print mag is GORGEOUS. 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

Check out this article by Peter Mohr on a historical collection of microscope slides held at the @[email protected] @[email protected] Museum of Medicine and Health. #HistSTM #HistMed #MaterialCulture academic.oup.com/jhc/article/...

The Gibson microscope slide co...

Happy birthday to Italian #neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with for her co-discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF)

Youngest of 4 of a Turin Jewish family, she planned to be a writer but the death of a nanny to cancer inspired her to pursue medicine. Inspired by neurohistologist Levi to study nerves as an undergrad, she stayed on after med school in ‘36 as his 🧵
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#womenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #histmed

I'm looking for colleagues in the UK, #HistSTM, #HistMed, or #STS who work in institutional settings where they find it is difficult to place them in the right Unit of Assessment for REF2029. DM if that's you?

I'm looking for colleagues in the UK, #HistSTM, #HistMed, or #STS who work in institutional settings where they find it is difficult to place them in the right Unit of Assessment for REF2029. DM if that's you?

The paperback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress is now in my hands! There's new jacket copy! There are review quotations on the back: 💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histsci #histmed #politics 1/

Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She established that “no bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine were present in appreciable amounts” in DNA - 🧵

#womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #printmaking #linocut #histmed #mastoArt

ICYMI: I chatted with screenwriter @[email protected] about the links between politics and pop culture, and the entangled history of humans and monsters. 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #politics #HAMH #monsters

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We’re excited to announce our upcoming #Opioid #Archive National Symposium, Tues, May 12 – Thurs, May 14. Check out the lineup of speakers on topics including #HealthJournalism #HealthPolicy #Epidemiology #DataScience #Archives #ArtificialIntelligence #HistMed #ScienceHistory #HarmReduction #LivedExperience https://oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-national-symposium-2026/

The Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health April 17th meeting hosts Briana Brightly, who has shared a chapter from their doctoral dissertation titled "How to Draw the Buddha and Dissect a Corpse: Iconometry and Anatomy in Early-Modern Tibet".

#histmed #histstm

https://www.chstm.org/group/objects-images-and-spaces-health

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is opening proposals for a new working group. The call is for groups that will meet during the 2026-2027 academic year.

https://www.chstm.org/news/propose-new-working-group-2026-2027

#histmed #histstm

« Place aux femmes ! Les premières femmes médecins » –
Journée d’étude ce vendredi 3 avril
BU Grands moulins, 75013.
https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/journee-etude-exposition-femmes-medecins/ #histsci #histmed #womeninstem

Ich fahre nachher durch #Neustadt am Rübenberge. Was kam da her? - Genau! Die Verbandstoffe, Menstruationsbinden und Schuheinlagen aus #Torfmoos der Firma Marwede. Sehr gut - 1, setzen. #histmed #histpharma #histnursing

Registration has opened for our conference - "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches"!

Attendance is both virtual and in-person in Melbourne, Australia.

See the program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZ4FElavGNTvCSSM0svVliBGEVrI4Kvm/view?usp=sharing

Registration: https://forms.gle/w49zfP3CPBQjaXG38

#histmed #histstm

Almost sounds nastier than the wound! #histsci #histmed #earlymodern

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Bezoar mounted in gold filigree, late 16th century, probably from Hormuz. Private collection. Bezoars were solid masses found in the digestive tracts of ruminants (like goats and sheep). They were thought to be antidotes to poison. 1/ #histsci #histmed #earlymodern #materialculture

The video of my book talk on Humans: A Monstrous History at @[email protected] is now available online! 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9N...

HUMANS | A Monstrous History

Nouveau reportage sur mes collègues en charge des collections scientifiques de Sorbonne Université : visite guidée des collections médicales et d'anatomie pathologique avec "Le Mag de la santé" (à partir de 09:01) https://www.france.tv/france-5/le-magazine-de-la-sante/8216280-emission-du-mardi-10-mars-2026.html#about-section

#SorbonneUniversite #HistMed

BOOK DISCOUNT CODE:

Have you had your eye on “Public Health in the Premodern World” ed. by our G. Geltner with Janna Coomans & Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim which illustrates the rich history of public health?

Check out the code below to get 30% off!

#histmed #medhst

UK folks: now that the paperback is out, the gorgeous hardback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is on sale at Waterstones for 10 GBP - down from 25 GBP! Spinoff essays and excerpts are linked in the thread. 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

Humans by Surekha Davies | Wat...

TOMORROW #HistMed #HistSTM

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NEW PUBLICATION: First nations knowledge on health

The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges; the eighth book in the series, by Shawana Andrews, Sandra Eades and Fiona Stanley and edited by Margo Ngawa Neale, focuses on health. First Knowledges Health: Spirit, Country and Culture shows once again how much we can learn from the deeper past about defining and preserving health, the crucial role played by the community, and how both require an environmental approach.

https://thamesandhudson.com.au/products/first-knowledges-health

#histmed #histstm

Das großartige Buch "The Intermediaries. A Weimar Story" von @bschillace (2025) ist jetzt auch in der Hochschulbibliothek #Neubrandenburg ausleihbar. In der @slubdresden steht es ebenfalls bereit. #Sexualwissenschaft #trans #lgbtq_plus #histmed

Das großartige Buch "The Intermediaries. A Weimar Story" von @bschillace (2025) ist jetzt auch in der Hochschulbibliothek #Neubrandenburg ausleihbar. In der @slubdresden steht es ebenfalls bereit. #Sexualwissenschaft #trans #lgbtq_plus #histmed

L'hôpital de la Salpêtrière se met à photographier les patients fin 19e puis faire passer des radiographies. Exemple 👇 Je viens d'ajouter sur #Wikisource l'article "Le service photographique de la Salpêtrière", *Archives d’électricité médicale*, 1899. Albert Londe explique la conception de son studio. https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_service_photographique_de_la_Salp%C3%AAtri%C3%A8re

#HistMed #Salpetriere #PhotoMedicale #AlbertLonde #Charcot #Bourneville

#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She established that “no bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine were 🧵

#womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #printmaking #linocut #histmed #mastoArt

#HistMed #HistSTM

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Chinese edition (traditional characters) of HUMANS: A Monstrous History now in my hands! Link to book (all editions and languages in bio), from Gusa Press (Taiwan): 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

Au Théâtre La Reine Blanche (merveilleusement sous-titré "Scène des Arts et des Sciences"), une pièce en l'honneur de Marthe Gauthier, grande généticienne et vraie découvreuse de la trisomie 21.
#womenInSTEM #Histsci #histbio #histmed #theatre #paris
https://www.reineblanche.com/calendrier/theatre/la-decouvreuse-oubliee

Can an archive make a monster of a historian? But of course! I wrote about this for @[email protected], and the essay is now both free to read online and available as an audio read by me! The audio version: 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography 1/2

Can the Archive Make a Monster...

@Lignedescience ça n'est pas de la biblio mais les Archives dép. du Finistère avaient mis en valeur l'an dernier ce document concernant un hirudiniculteur cambriolé en 1830 :
https://archives.finistere.fr/hyacinthe-le-bleis-un-hirudiniculteur-en-pays-bigouden
#histmed #archives #AD29

@Lignedescience ça n'est pas de la biblio mais les Archives dép. du Finistère avaient mis en valeur l'an dernier ce document concernant un hirudiniculteur cambriolé en 1830 :
https://archives.finistere.fr/hyacinthe-le-bleis-un-hirudiniculteur-en-pays-bigouden
#histmed #archives #AD29

@Lignedescience ça n'est pas de la biblio mais les Archives dép. du Finistère avaient mis en valeur l'an dernier ce document concernant un hirudiniculteur cambriolé en 1830 :
https://archives.finistere.fr/hyacinthe-le-bleis-un-hirudiniculteur-en-pays-bigouden
#histmed #archives #AD29

@Lignedescience ça n'est pas de la biblio mais les Archives dép. du Finistère avaient mis en valeur l'an dernier ce document concernant un hirudiniculteur cambriolé en 1830 :
https://archives.finistere.fr/hyacinthe-le-bleis-un-hirudiniculteur-en-pays-bigouden
#histmed #archives #AD29

@Lignedescience ça n'est pas de la biblio mais les Archives dép. du Finistère avaient mis en valeur l'an dernier ce document concernant un hirudiniculteur cambriolé en 1830 :
https://archives.finistere.fr/hyacinthe-le-bleis-un-hirudiniculteur-en-pays-bigouden
#histmed #archives #AD29

A truly wonderful virtual bookclub with livestreamed shows: science, history, and murder mysteries. Please consider joining me as a paid, VIP subscriber! Extra shows, green-room access, swag, member groups, special virtual events, and more. 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #histsci #histmed #scicomms #murdermystery

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CORRECTION: My lecture in London is on the evening of Thursday 5th March! Sorry, folks. 'Twas my first day doing any work after the break. 😭 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

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London book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY! I'll be speaking on Thursday 5th May, 6pm, at @[email protected] More info and registration below. A free exhibition, "Wonder" is now on and ends the next day. 1/2 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

HUMANS: A Monstrous History

Happy #PubDay for the Complex/Traditional Chinese translation of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from Gusa Publishing House, Taiwan! Available: World excluding Mainland China. More translations coming! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #worldhistory #politics 1/

HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, Complex/Traditional Chinese, Jan 7 from Gusa Publishing House (Taiwan)! Available: World excluding Mainland China. Loving Michelangelo meets Murderbot. Entirely reflects the content and range of the book! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

Back to my 🧵 of University Press Sales and the Marvelous Books of History. 📚 📚 📚

Princeton University Press is offering 30% off print, audio, and ebooks with code PUP30 (awwww 🐶 ).

PUP has tail-waggingly good books in many history fields, including #USHistory and #EuropeanHistory. This book in the #history of #medicine caught my eye 👀 :

The "Wound Man" was a ubiquitous diagram displaying all kinds of external injuries that circulated widely in medieval and early modern Europe to as far away as Japan. It serves as a cultural touchstone on technology (the musket ball to the leg was added after gunpowder weapons became popular), the body, and medicine. With extensive illustrations, you can see for yourself.

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243481/wound-man

#histodons @histodons #bookstodon #HistMed

My book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is now available on the Linda Hall Library's YouTube channel. Come take a tour through monsters and monster-making, from earth to outer space! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=81KT...

Humans: A Monstrous History

Today! Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) Register to get the Zoom link. 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics

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Thrilled that HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is one of @[email protected]'s best books of 2025 in @[email protected]! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics 1/

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Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) Register at link below. 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...

Happy Halloween! Here's a thread of some of my monstery essays, and a link to register for my next book talk, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...

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