#medicalhistory

I posted a 1912 photo of a man with smallpox and someone asked if it was AI. That says something about the moment we’re living in: because of vaccination, we’re now so far removed from this virus that real images of it look fake. #medicalhistory #vaccines #vaccineswork #skystorians

Would you eat this dissected gingerbread man based off Jason Freeny's original artwork? #medsky #medicalhistory #skystorians Photo: Qimmy Shimmy

This artificial hand is nearly 500 years old. It consists of a metal casing which wrapped around the forearm stump & was secured by leather straps. An internal mechanical structure (now missing) may have allowed the fingers to move. The fingers can flex at the largest knuckle joint. #MedicalHistory

The final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously & the body contorts into an agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. This 19th-century painting by Charles Bell hangs in @surgeonshall.bsky.social. #medicalhistory #skystorians

Three glass eyes with portable velvet carrying case and mirror, c.1870. These were likely meant to be carried by an ocularist – someone who specialized in making and fitting prosthetic eyes – to assist them in making the best possible match to the patient’s remaining eye. #medicalhistory #histmed

"The Dance of Death," German oil painting, 18th century. It depicts living people from all walks of life encountering skeletal figures who force them to engage in a deathly dance - a metaphor for the inevitability of our ultimate demise. #skystorians #medicalhistory #history

YouTube congratulated me on 12 years of creating content when the reality is that I took a 10 year break 😂 I'm like a 19th-century bodysnatcher going into the boneyard of YouTube to resurrect my zombie channel. Wanna know more about #medicalhistory? Check it out: www.youtube.com/underthek…

The COCARETTE was a cigarette made with coca & tobacco leaves, c.1885. The company claimed that coca was “the finest nerve tonic and exhilarator ever discovered.” #skystorians #medhist #medicalhistory #histmed

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. #medicalhistory

In 1847, James Y. Simpson became the 1st surgeon to use chloroform as an anaesthetic during childbirth. Indeed, the 1st baby born under the drug’s influence was nicknamed Anaesthesia! Duncan Flockhart & Co. Ltd were the 1st British manufacturers of chloroform. #histmed #medicalhistory #skystorians

Too early for #ValentinesDay2026? Here's a life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century. Photo: Alex Peck #medicalhistory #medhist #histmed #skystorians #history #med #sciart

🧴 An Ottoman Gargle Bottle Inscribed in Turkish, French, Greek, and Hebrew, 1910c #history #historical #medical #medicalhistory #bottle