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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 15

Happy National Hat Day! 🎩

This lovely bowler hat is worn by John Taylor (1886-1952), pathologist and a popular lecturer at St George's, especially for his Pathology Museum and forensic medicine classes.

When not donning a hat he was pictured with a knife instead

#NationalHatDay #HatDay

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 14

You're right - that's not what they would have called it: the commonly used term was 'venereal disease'. John Hunter in the 18th century for instance thought that various such diseases, including syphilis and gonorrhea (which he thought were the same) and others were caused by a 'venereal poison'

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 14

The other performers were also well known, including Elizabeth Ann Linley, who was also involved with the Blue Stockings Society, possibly her sister Mary, and Venanzio Rauzzini, Italian soprano and composer

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 14

In 1776-7 Felicio Giardini, popular composer and violinist, performed Oratorio of Ruth, based on the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament, in the hospital chapel

Newspaper cutting dated 1777 by a handwritten note, with announcement of performance 'for the benefit of the charity at the Lock-Hospital Chapel' of 'Ruth, and Oratorio' by Mr Giardini

Decorative printed ticket dated 1776 for the Oratorio of Ruth at the Lock Hospital Chapel

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 14

The Lock Hospital in Knightsbridge was a hospital for sexually transmitted diseases, established by William Bromfeild (also of St George's) in 1747

#STIAwarenessDay #SexualHealth

Print picture of the Lock Hospital with people and horses on the street outside, and two men carrying what looks like a coffin

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Jan 13

Our online catalogue is currently not accessible as we're updating it - we'll be back soon!

Apologies for any inconvenience. If you have an enquiry please contact us at [email protected]

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Dec 19

Ho ho ho, happy holidays everyone!

We're signing off until 6 Jan with this (rather creepy) Santa, and look forward to continuing to explore our collections in the new year 😊

Black and white photograph of a row of 1950s hospital beds with children, and a Santa wearing a mask handing a parcel to one of the children, looked over by several people

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

Our archive is #YourArchive. We have digital records, manuscripts, ephemera, rare books, artworks, and artefacts on the history and heritage of the university. Everyone is welcome to visit: you don't need to be a 'serious researcher' to come to the archives ☺️
#EYAYourArchive #ExploreYourArchive

A composite picture including a photograph of a metal chest with the title 'Archives St George's Hospital Medical School', a photograph of medical students and nurses, floppy disks and hard disks, a painting of a magician with a rabbit, a cow hide mounted on a wooden stand, manuscript with chemical formulae, guidance for Covid-19, handwritten letters and a shelf with old books

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

The anonymous pamphlet 'Directions for Preserving Animals, and Parts of Animals, for Examination' was probably written by John Hunter in the 18th century, and advises that the bills of birds should be preserved separately in spirits, while the legs can be dried

#Animals

A small plastic toy penguin on a book called 'Directions for Preserving Animals, and parts of animals, for examination', stamped with 'St George's Hospital Medical Library'

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

We know, we know, we're getting ahead of ourselves again, but...

These little penguins have been exploring the archives. Look at all the other penguins! Things took a sinister turn however when they came across a book instructing on the preservation of birds 🤯

#EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

Two small plastic toy penguins on a framed painting depicting penguins on an ice float, by Edward Wilson

Two small plastic toy penguins on some old-looking books on a shelf

Two small plastic toy penguins on a book open on instructions on preserving birds: 'Some birds are too large to be preserved whole, therefore it becomes necessary to observe their external appearances before the parts are separated'

Two small plastic toy penguins on a picture frame looking at a photograph of a penguin

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

It seems like it would have been quite relevant information 😂

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

We're left wanting more precise instructions: did the eggs need to be boiled? 🤔

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 28

#Family portrait of St George's alumnus John Davies, his wife Charlotte and their daughter Jeanette, c.1861. John's papers include a list of jugs, wine glasses and spoons sent to him in 1859, perhaps for his and Charlotte's wedding or engagement party 🥂

#EYAFamily #ExploreYourArchive

Handwritten list of items dated 1859 labelled including 1 claret jug, 6 caraffes, 16 silver Table Spoons, wine glasses

Old sepia photograph of a family: a woman sitting down holding a baby wearing a decorative bonnet, with a man with impressive moustache standing behind them

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 27

Nurses having a ball for today's #disco -themed #ExploreYourArchive extravaganza!

#EYADisco #HistNursing #WednesdayVibes

Black and white photograph of couples dancing, with women wearing knee-length party dresses

Black and white photograph of women dancing on a stage

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 26

Well at least they didn't guzzle it all at once then 😄

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 26

Ironically the popular urban legend claiming he invented cornflakes to stop masturbation is largely a myth in itself. They were invented as part of a larger campaign by Kellogg to encourage bland diets for good digestion, which he saw as a key part of clean living

#EYAMythology #ExploreYourArchive

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 26

John Kellogg's (yes he of cornflakes!) 'Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine' (1896) instigated a popular myth: that 'self-gratification' would turn you blind & lead to poor digestion, memory loss, impaired vision, epilepsy, and even insanity

#EYAMythology #ExploreYourArchive

Large, worn bound book with the title 'Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine. Kellogg'

Book opened on a page describing 'Stimulants and narcotics'

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

That is amazing. Love the St Paul's spanning two fingers!

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

Is that... a lot of wine?

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

That's lovely - do you know at all how long that lasted?

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

Nursing #fashion from the 1890s with fashionable 'Italian' puff sleeves and long skirts - probably not the most practical of fashions!

With an added medical student lurking in the background 👀

#EYAFashion #ExploreYourArchive #HistNursing #FashionHistory #StyleInspiration

Black and white photograph of two nurses wearing puff sleeves, caps and long white aprons, with a man in a black suit sitting in the background on what looks like an operating table. The photograph dates from the 1890s

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

Of course! archives.sgul.ac.uk/st-georges-n...

Please do just let us know if there is anything you would like to see or find out more about, always happy to help 😊 You can contact us at [email protected]

St George's Nursing Collection - Archives and Special Collections, St George’s, University of London

archives.sgul.ac.uk

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 22

We also went #huge with an anatomical textbook from 1747 featuring rhinoceros Clara in the background. Medical textbooks were often large to be able to show the illustrated details accurately. Poor Clara was exhibited around Europe, and died in London in 1758

#EYAHuge #ExploreYourArchive

Black and white illustration in a book of a skeleton, with drawing of a rhinoceros in the background and a pencil at the bottom of the illustration showing the large scale of the book.
From Bernhard Siegfried Albinus's 'Tabulae sceleti et
musculorum corporis humani', first published in 1747, illustration by by Jan Wandelaar

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 22

We're getting a bit ahead of ourselves but just cannot wait to complete the first part of #ExploreYourArchive week, looking at #tiny things through microscopes in our collections, from a classic golden St George's engraved microscope to wood-encased 1940s & more utilitarian-looking 1980s 'scopes 🔬

Gold-coloured microscope engraved with 'St George's Hospital'

A black Ernst Leitz Wetzlar microscope in a wooden case, c.1940s

A grey 'Inverted Olympus CK' microscope manufactured in Tokyo from the 1980s

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · Nov 22

Medical history often focuses on great individuals, but there are so many unsung #heroes whose work is essential, yet often overshadowed. We catalogued our #HistNursing collections last year funded by #ArchivesRevealed - they're a treasure trove of #nursing heroes
#EYA #ExploreYourArchive #EYAHeroes

Picture of books, one with handwritten cover label identifying it as a lecture notebook for subjects including surgery, eye lectures, infant feeding, pathology, practical nursing and gynecology. Another book is opened to a page of handwritten notes and a drawing of a shoulder bone

Black and white photograph of two women smiling in long party dresses

Black and white photograph of a nurse dressed in a uniform handling trays and equipment by a serving hatch

Image of a table with numerous items, including a jigsaw puzzle of St George's Hospital, photographs and magazines. On the foreground is a small box displaying the 'Constituents of a pint of milk' in test tubes, including fat, protein and lactose

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