Eventful indeed! Poor you, I hope your knee recovers swiftly and fully. Glad your Mum is OK.
Former theatre sister. OU history graduate. MA and PhD from C2DH University of Luxembourg. Visual culture of facial trauma in WWI. The medical portrait. History of medicine/surgery. Social history.
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Eventful indeed! Poor you, I hope your knee recovers swiftly and fully. Glad your Mum is OK.
Thank you! 😃
Many Congratulations, Lucy!
« Yes Cuthbert but yours is only this big so you can’t even join next week’s Drop Your Britches competition. » #GirlsOwnCC
Very interesting analysis, Agnes. Brings me back to my previous life! I tend to steer clear of medical, or rather, surgical media as it feels a bit like the proverbial busman’s holiday, even though it’s 30 years since I worked in theatre and much has changed.
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Anaesthetic mask for dental procedures?
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The gardener nutted the groundsman, a scuffle ensued and then the footman joined in. “That’s the last time I’ll put sherry in the soup”, thought Cook. #GirlsOwnCC
“Leave it aht, Darren! ‘E ain’t wurf it!” yelled Mavis. #GirlsOwnCC
Join us in Berlin on the 29th!
Ah! Thank you!!
Ligature carrier?
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Cough…
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As they fished Tibbles out of the well, Gubbins and Dingle felt cheated - they gravely misinterpreted Maud’s request to find pussy. Ding, dong, dell indeed! #GirlsOwnCC
I just found this, Johann. I wasn’t aware of the ginkgo tree, or if I was, I had forgotten!
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In remembrance on the anniversary of the atomic bombing 80 years ago, a picture of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park, which I visited in 2013. A very sobering experience indeed, but there is a marvellous upbeat atmosphere in the surrounding city. Friendliness everywhere.
Congratulations, Agnes!
A command bunker on the West Wall/Siegfried Line today. Fascinating trip around some #WWII landmarks in #Luxembourg
There are a few tickets left for my talk & book signing at NAM on 20 September. This is my unofficial book launch as I won’t be having a proper do due to other commitments so would be great to see all my pals there to enjoy a fab line up of speakers and the new exhibition!
Happy Anniversary! 🎊
As she steadied herself against the gatepost, Muriel’s moonlight tryst with Mr Barford was somewhat spoiled by the fact that he was obviously a complete stranger to soap of any kind… #GirlsOwnCC
Ooh! Marvellous! Thank you!
I think they are calipers, possibly for measuring skulls? Phrenology?
This is *definitely* worth reading. New article in Medical History, 'Defective data: statistics, disability, and eugenic sterilisation in interwar Britain' (downloadable OA version via the link 👇). #HistSTM #DisHist #Eugenics #ReproHist
Hubert gallantly offered Hebe his hat when she felt another wave of Jagerbomb-induced pukery coming on… #GirlsOwnCC
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New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast! In this episode I visit the @nmireland.bsky.social, where Maeve Sikora & Matthew Seaver discuss the wonderful Words on the Wave exhibition and the incredible Irish manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #SpéirGhorm
Orthopedics I think…bone-holding forceps?
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Ooh! No idea! A punch of some sort?
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“I say, Agatha” inquired Wilberforce, “Would you stroke my fur like that if I sat on your knee? I promise I’ll grunt and snuffle contentedly.” #GirlsOwnCC
Ooh my word! Thank you!
Some kind of periosteal elevator?
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“Ethel, has Colonel Draught-Chambers broken wind again or is someone playing a euphonium solo on the bandstand?” #GirlsOwnCC
I remember those times. Great photo!
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I think it’s a bowel clamp.
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“I think Mr Garterhose isn’t coming,” said Algy. “Oh shut up and brush down your velvet!!” said Mildred. “But we’ve been waiting three weeks!” wailed Norbert. #GirlsOwnCC
Ooh! Marvellous! Thank you! 😃
Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’ @ihr.bsky.social shorturl.at/hMRGz
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Flushing curette?
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“Oh MAMMA!” said Mildred. “Hubert is soooo beastly! He won’t give me my whip back and he’s hidden my fishnet stockings and leather thong and I simply MUST have them back for work this evening!” #GirlsOwnCC
That is so kind! My daughter got me Laura’s latest for my birthday and it’s very good. Her website has some brilliant, simple recipes as well. Nancy Birtwhistle has a couple of cracking recipes for gf bread and digestive biscuits which I use regularly.
Thank you! Yes, I am familiar with both Becky Excell and the Loopy Whisk, I have the latter’s book! Laura Strange, My Gluten Free Guide is also really good. I will report back on the results! 😃
😃 I’ll be using gluten free flour this time, as was diagnosed gluten intolerant last year so it’s been an interesting learning experience! Cakes and bakes work very well replacing with gf flour. Bread is another matter!
Following on from the success of their 2024 event at Manchester Deaf Centre, UKDHHH are hosting a virtual event for organisations and individuals working with, or interested in, the histories of Disabled, Neurodivergent, and/or Deaf people! Weds 25 June 10:00-16:00 (BST) #Online #skystorians
This is heavenly, I made it a couple of years ago. I’ve been thinking about it in the last couple of days so I must make it again!
Yes, they’re quite shocking, and there are worse! The surgical care in England was quite good, largely Gillies’ efforts. But he did learn from a French specialist called Hippolyte Morestin, who died in the ‘flu pandemic. Otherwise not great in France but aftercare and support was much better there.
Ooh! Thank you! Must have a nosey! Here’s me a couple of years ago on YouTube boring on about my favourite topic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8WA...
That’s crap. And the same crap is still happening to my daughter. Sending hugs. Xxx
Great news! Many congratulations, Benoit! 👏👏🎉
🚨Salaried PhD position in history of medicine at the University of Zurich with the wonderful @fcondrau.bsky.social 🚨 (ignore the 60%, this is just the Swiss system, and amounts to a very respectable pay) #histmed #histstm jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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For removing foreign bodies e.g. in the pharynx or œsophagus?
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Minutes later, a scuffle erupted - Horace and Captain Frightwell coveted Hebe’s fancy ‘eyePod’ desperately. #GirlsOwnCC
Mildred tried to ignore the attentions of Mr Rigid-Boring and Captain Braceforth by pretending to be engrossed in the problem pages of Girls Own journal. #GirlsOwnCC
I do, too! 😃
It is! 😃 Recipe from Delia Online, very easy.
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Gooseberry tart!
I found ours the other day and they’re yonks out of date! 😳
(Call for Papers) Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/mede... #histSTM #medhum
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An inhaler?
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“So my Birth Plan is to film ourselves twerking, Hubert!” said Marigold.”I’m sure our adoring public would love it!” #GirlsOwnCC
Neil Pemberton and Beck Heslop discuss their participation in Jo Longhurst’s installation, In Plain Sight? The graffiti installation uses images of bindweed to provoke questions about disability, belonging, and exclusion. thepolyphony.org/2025/06/05/i...
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Diathermy instrument - used to control bleeding during surgery by sealing off leaking or damaged blood vessels.
“You may join us Harriet if you can say ‘the couple in the punt’ in quick succession ten times.” #GirlsOwnCC
Ooh! Thank you very much! 😃
Neonatal laryngoscope?
Here is a portrait of a facially-injured French soldier from #WWI drawn by the very skilled artist #RaphaelFreida, born #OTD in 1877. He collaborated with #AlbericPont, a dentist who opened one of the first specialist units for facial trauma in Lyon. 23 of Freida’s portraits of these men survive.
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The old great aunt was aghast. They’d chosen to call the baby Edna. “But…but…every generation in this family has had a Fanny Flora,” she sighed. #GirlsOwnCC
My nautical lino prints have been flying out lately (thank you! 🪸), but my food & drink prints are feeling a bit… neglected. 🍋 oysters, gin, lemons, etc for your kitchen wall! (Plus more) If you’d like to support a small artist, please do share my work. Thank you! sundownerstudio.co.uk
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A splint? What exactly for I’m not sure!
A reminder of an upcoming webinar organised by ESEH UK & Ireland region on 'New Directions in Urban Climates of the Atlantic Archipelago' May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1) Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
If you're in Freiburg and interested in colonial memory, come take a look at the great work my students have done! This Friday (23rd May, 4.30-7.30pm) at University College Freiburg, we will show the zines they worked on as a final assignment, and everyone is most welcome.
Thanks Lisa!
Thanks Lucy! Yes, there aren’t many photos of me either as a baby because I was the second child!
Thanks Iris!