Posts by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
(DIR) Post #ARMVN2r4XUU0NhmFUm by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-01-05T21:33:32Z
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Days after being diagnosed with breast cancer, I posed as a plague doctor for @TealCartoons. The show must go on!Jokes aside: we worked hard through tough times to get our children's book #PlagueBusters finished. We'd really appreciate your support. SIGNED copies available via The Mysterious Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3Fxgut4But if you prefer, you can also pre-order from the below sites. Amazon - https://bit.ly/3ByrDZJB&N - https://bit.ly/3hrYdpeIndieBound - https://bit.ly/3huyOLB
(DIR) Post #AS2Rq8rnYX6vDjIbtw by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-01-25T21:49:31Z
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George Rae was appointed Edinburgh's "plague doctor" in 1645 after the first doctor died. He was promised a huge sum of money as it was expected that he, too, would die before he could collect. Rae tended to the sick and survived. He spent 10 years trying to collect the fee.Learn about him in @TealCartoons and my forthcoming children's book #PlagueBusters! Use promo code PREORDER25 to get 25% off from Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3hrYdpe
(DIR) Post #ASMxLsnQoxzFOmvVbM by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-02-04T17:14:28Z
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PLAGUE LOOT ALERT! 💀⚰️Wanna win a Venetian plague doctor's mask and leather bookmark? Enter our 1st GIVEAWAY by pre-ordering a SIGNED copy of @TealCartoons' and my illustrated kid's book #PlagueBusters from The Mysterious Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3Fxgut4Winner announced on #ValentinesDay.
(DIR) Post #ASqQXnvNQL289BPOmu by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-02-19T16:52:16Z
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Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.#histodons #histodon #history #civilwar #TIL #introductions #FF #americanhistory #womenshistory #womensrights #military #CivilWarHistory
(DIR) Post #ASs4RyHOCZNLqkREIa by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-01-31T19:46:08Z
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"The Tooth Worm as Hell's Demon,” 18th century. Carved from ivory, the two halves open up to reveal a scene about the infernal torments of a tooth worms which people believed caused cavities in the past. Complete with mini skulls, hellfire, and naked people wielding clubs.#histodons #mastodon #introduction #histmed #histsci #museumobject #medhist #MedMastodon
(DIR) Post #ATLPnSsK3NVnfatkjw by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-03-06T16:22:08Z
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It's #NationalDentistDay! Here's an illustration of a scientist using a steam machine, with pulley, to extract a tooth from a man drawn on the front of an envelope addressed to a Dr. J. Chapman, 1894. Photo: Wellcome Collection, London.#histodon #histodons #histmed #histsci #sciart #artistsonmastodon #MuseumArchive #dentist
(DIR) Post #ATZRfuc3xf59VAG4rQ by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-03-13T10:55:08Z
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This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.#MorbidMonday #MondayMotivation #MondayMood #histodons #sciart #histodon #artistsonmastodon
(DIR) Post #ATmE8Y2ezL9diFyjQm by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-03-19T14:55:54Z
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In the 1930s, Listerine cigarettes were created. The tobacco was infused with the same antiseptic oils used in the mouthwash for a "cooling and soothing effect." Listerine cigarettes were evidently not very popular because there is almost no record of their existence.#histodons #histodon #histmed #histsci #DYK #medhist #medmastodon
(DIR) Post #AUWsThnw5lXSwWhzwO by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-04-10T11:48:28Z
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This 17th-century watch is a "memento mori," a reminder of the shortness of life. The inscription roughly translates: "Thus passes wordly glory remember your end." It was sold by Christies in 2017 for ÂŁ12.5K.#histodons #introductions #twittermigration #twitterstorians #history #mementomori #death
(DIR) Post #AUY3byQlS9YjTkyXFw by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-04-10T17:12:03Z
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Having a poopy Monday? Not as poopy as Victorian night soil men! Find such "charming" tales in @TealCartoons' & my kids' book PLAGUE-BUSTERS, about medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases. Your kids will love it, and so will you!Pre-order: http://bit.ly/3ByrDZJ
(DIR) Post #AUjvYOQ3YCNS8XQppQ by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-04-17T09:19:05Z
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"The Tooth Worm as Hell's Demon,” 18th century. Carved from ivory, the two halves open up to reveal a scene about the infernal torments of a tooth worms which people believed caused cavities in the past. Complete with mini skulls, hellfire, and naked people wielding clubs.#histodons #histodon #histmed #dentist #dentalhistory #histmed #histsci #sciart
(DIR) Post #AVwqxhOkYhDg8YnTSi by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-05-23T09:04:27Z
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Marie Curie's notebooks are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.#histodons #histodon #histsci #histmed #science #scientist #radioactive
(DIR) Post #AXTy8el0e9EQiURm9A by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-07-08T10:37:44Z
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This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.#histodons #histodon #histmed #medhist #medical #history #DYK
(DIR) Post #AY8D1sZMHn50X5fTwO by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-07-26T21:33:21Z
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Not gonna lie: I had no idea there was a second person on that plane. His name was Fred Noonan. #TIL #histodons #histodon #history #DYK
(DIR) Post #AYFZjibBgM1Ou7kxIu by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-07-31T10:06:06Z
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For #MementoMoriMonday: the artist Filip Hodas is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons of animated characters. More info: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/03/filip-hodas-cartoon-skull-fossils/?fbclid=IwAR3r0mDNV-4Iu5v3-2NEnNoKqUlPFOHhCsSv-6SXI56RwS0iMY8WMcWe4GY#histodons #histodon #weird #sciart #cartoon #cartoons
(DIR) Post #AYJeTM8Si22T0OB32G by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-08-01T10:47:53Z
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I found the perfect sign to go over this #caricature painting of Edgar Allan Poe by @TealCartoons. Want to replicate this look? Adrian currently has limited edition signed prints - which are on sale: https://www.adrianteal.com/product-page/edgar-allan-poe
(DIR) Post #AYU5fFXGUOJl8gdk6i by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-08-07T10:14:24Z
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This wax model of a human head from the 19th century shows the internal structure of the brain, complete with its protective covering, the meninges, the eye, cheek, neck and jaw. Wax models were used for teaching anatomy to medical students or as part of popular anatomy shows.#histmed #histodon #histodons #twitterstorians #twittermigration #histsci #sciart #history #anatomy #medicine #doctors #nurses #dissection
(DIR) Post #AYlR8OdZplLPdAlcci by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-08-13T20:30:00Z
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Look what just arrived! The finished version of PLAGUE-BUSTERS is right at home with our morbid decor. @TealCartoons and I cant wait to share it with you & your kids! Pre-orders are vital to our little book's success. We appreciate your support: https://bit.ly/3ByrDZJ
(DIR) Post #AYtXOIt38SQVQ2eUTY by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-08-19T09:02:56Z
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During WWI, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.#histmed #histsci #WWI #warhistory #war #medhist #science #womeninstem #womenshistory #histodon #histodons #twittermigration #twitterexodus
(DIR) Post #AYx3sh07p9hyu1NMWG by DrLindseyFitzharris@mastodon.world
2023-08-21T09:42:13Z
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“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed. Follow me for more medical history content!#histmed #histsci #histodons #histodon #twitterexodus #twittermigration #medhist #DYK #bigpharma