Keyword search: Post Mortem on Napoleon Bonaparte This surprising find was amongst the correspondence of John Abercrombie. Abercrombie was a popular doctor in early 19th century Edinburgh. His private means gave him the opportunity to pursue... Read more Elizabeth Blackwell: Prison, Plotting and the Curious Herbal Elizabeth Blachrie was the daughter of a wealthy stocking merchant in Aberdeen. Her second cousin Alexander Blackwell was the son of Thomas Blackwell, Professor of Divinity at Marischal College,... Read more Gymnastics and Acrobatics as Medical Therapeutics The physical benefits of exercise have been known since antiquity. Medics and others have written widely on the advantages, both physical and mental, of gymnastics, acrobatics and other bodily... Read more Scots Abroad: Medical Influences in the 18th Century There were a number of ways in which Scottish medicine at this time was distinctly different from that of England and elsewhere in Europe. In Edinburgh, the infirmary maintained close ties with... Read more 'This vile custome': A History of Tobacco's Medical Interpretations Many plants contain nicotine but those commonly cultivated for tobacco are indigenous to America. The first clear description of tobacco smoking was made by Captain Jacques Cartier during his... Read more The Physician's Cane: Use and Meaning Traditionally canes and physicians have had a close association. In Greek mythology the deity Asclepius, who was associated with medicine and health, wielded a rod with a serpent wound... Read more Scientific Portraiture: Accoutrements as Props and Symbols Most of the portraits we hold include specific objects and visual references that relate to the careers of the medical practitioners (and other scientific professionals) that they depict. Many... Read more Fashion and the Physician: How Clothing Made the Man In his biography of John Baron, Joseph Pettigrew quotes Baron’s description of his first meeting with Edward Jenner in 1808: ‘he was dressed in a blue coat, nankeen breeches... Read more Bathing by Prescription: A Brief History of Treatment by Water Bathing has been prescribed as a treatment in one form or another since at least the time of Ancient Greece. From pilgrimage to prescription From the 16th century what... Read more Seeing the Past: Early Photographs in the RCPE Archive Over the past few months we have been cataloguing our collection of photographs of the College, these have included photographs of royal visits, College ceremonies and the RCPE’s buildings... Read more The Cullen Project: Digitising Medical History This project, carried out in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, has created an online digital edition of the medical correspondence of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790). Cullen was the... Read more William Cullen - Physician, Author, Teacher and Innovator Cullen was born in 1710 (the second son in a family of seven children). His first schooling was in Hamilton where his father was the factor of the Duke... Read more Pagination Previous page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Next page
