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News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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We are looking for a Visitor Services Lead to join the team.
Full details can be found here: cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/v...
Full details can be found here: cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/v...
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We are looking for a Visitor Services Lead to join the team.
Full details can be found here: cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/v...
Full details can be found here: cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/v...
It's #FestiveClothes for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar with @arascot.bsky.social. These beautifully embroidered gloves (c.1600) belonged to our College founder & surgeon, Peter Lowe. We probably wouldn't recommend wearing them to make snowballs though 😆❄️
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/37
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/37
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's #FestiveClothes for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar with @arascot.bsky.social. These beautifully embroidered gloves (c.1600) belonged to our College founder & surgeon, Peter Lowe. We probably wouldn't recommend wearing them to make snowballs though 😆❄️
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/37
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/37
We're ready for the #DarkNights drawing in. The lamps are lit and the decorations are up!
#ArchiveAdventcalendar Day 11.
#ArchiveAdventcalendar Day 11.
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We're ready for the #DarkNights drawing in. The lamps are lit and the decorations are up!
#ArchiveAdventcalendar Day 11.
#ArchiveAdventcalendar Day 11.
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📣 New GCPH Publication for Glasgow 850!
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
850 years of change – A timeline of Glasgow’s health history from 1175 to 2025
850 years of change – A timeline of Glasgow’s health history from 1175 to 2025
www.gcph.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📣 New GCPH Publication for Glasgow 850!
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
For day 10 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar it's #ChristmasCards and what's better than a handmade card?!
The delightful illustration on this card is a self portrait of physician, playwright and artist, OH Mavor (aka James Bridie) and his wife, Rona stuck in the Stirlingshire snow. ❄️
The delightful illustration on this card is a self portrait of physician, playwright and artist, OH Mavor (aka James Bridie) and his wife, Rona stuck in the Stirlingshire snow. ❄️
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
For day 10 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar it's #ChristmasCards and what's better than a handmade card?!
The delightful illustration on this card is a self portrait of physician, playwright and artist, OH Mavor (aka James Bridie) and his wife, Rona stuck in the Stirlingshire snow. ❄️
The delightful illustration on this card is a self portrait of physician, playwright and artist, OH Mavor (aka James Bridie) and his wife, Rona stuck in the Stirlingshire snow. ❄️
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Alexander Wood was born #OTD in 1817. Wood devised the first syringe for the injection of a local anaesthetic in 1853. He used an opium preparation -the antecedent to modern morphine. Wood used this syringe for the first subcutaneous injection of morphia in the UK.
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Alexander Wood was born #OTD in 1817. Wood devised the first syringe for the injection of a local anaesthetic in 1853. He used an opium preparation -the antecedent to modern morphine. Wood used this syringe for the first subcutaneous injection of morphia in the UK.
It's #Nativity for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar.
This lovely handmade nativity programme is from our Mearnskirk Hospital collection and featured patients in the leading roles. The hospital was set up in the 1930s to treat children with TB.
This lovely handmade nativity programme is from our Mearnskirk Hospital collection and featured patients in the leading roles. The hospital was set up in the 1930s to treat children with TB.
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It's #Nativity for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar.
This lovely handmade nativity programme is from our Mearnskirk Hospital collection and featured patients in the leading roles. The hospital was set up in the 1930s to treat children with TB.
This lovely handmade nativity programme is from our Mearnskirk Hospital collection and featured patients in the leading roles. The hospital was set up in the 1930s to treat children with TB.
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This style of ceramic inhaler was invented in the 1860s. Medical infusions were placed in the inhaler and boiling water was poured over them. Common medicines used included chlorine, iodine, creosote, vinegar and henbane.
This object is on display in our gallery 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/joy...
This object is on display in our gallery 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/joy...
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This style of ceramic inhaler was invented in the 1860s. Medical infusions were placed in the inhaler and boiling water was poured over them. Common medicines used included chlorine, iodine, creosote, vinegar and henbane.
This object is on display in our gallery 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/joy...
This object is on display in our gallery 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/joy...
We’ve reached day 8 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar and it’s all about #FestiveFood.
Thinking of making your own preserves as Christmas gifts this year? Here are a couple of recipes for "Marmlit" and "Jille" from our 18th century herbal notebook
Thinking of making your own preserves as Christmas gifts this year? Here are a couple of recipes for "Marmlit" and "Jille" from our 18th century herbal notebook
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We’ve reached day 8 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar and it’s all about #FestiveFood.
Thinking of making your own preserves as Christmas gifts this year? Here are a couple of recipes for "Marmlit" and "Jille" from our 18th century herbal notebook
Thinking of making your own preserves as Christmas gifts this year? Here are a couple of recipes for "Marmlit" and "Jille" from our 18th century herbal notebook
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It happens to be our birthday on Monday. We will be 231 years old!
To celebrate we are hosting 2 events:
🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon
🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm
Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow
To celebrate we are hosting 2 events:
🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon
🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm
Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It happens to be our birthday on Monday. We will be 231 years old!
To celebrate we are hosting 2 events:
🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon
🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm
Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow
To celebrate we are hosting 2 events:
🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon
🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm
Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow
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During #WWI, medics applied 1.5 million splints, fitted over 20,000 artificial eyes & used 7,250 tons of cotton wool while applying 108 million bandages to injured soldiers. More than 6,000 medics died & over 17,000 were wounded in the British Army alone.
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
During #WWI, medics applied 1.5 million splints, fitted over 20,000 artificial eyes & used 7,250 tons of cotton wool while applying 108 million bandages to injured soldiers. More than 6,000 medics died & over 17,000 were wounded in the British Army alone.
It's day 5 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar with @arascot.bsky.social.
Behind today's door you'll find a lovely little Christmas #tree from The herball or generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, c.1636 🎄
Behind today's door you'll find a lovely little Christmas #tree from The herball or generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, c.1636 🎄
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It's day 5 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar with @arascot.bsky.social.
Behind today's door you'll find a lovely little Christmas #tree from The herball or generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, c.1636 🎄
Behind today's door you'll find a lovely little Christmas #tree from The herball or generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, c.1636 🎄
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'Tis the season!
“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.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
“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.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'Tis the season!
“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.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
“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.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
Day 3 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar is all about #BoxesAndBows.
Just look at all these lovely boxes and an impressive piece of archival wrapping topped with a beautiful bow.
Just look at all these lovely boxes and an impressive piece of archival wrapping topped with a beautiful bow.
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Day 3 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar is all about #BoxesAndBows.
Just look at all these lovely boxes and an impressive piece of archival wrapping topped with a beautiful bow.
Just look at all these lovely boxes and an impressive piece of archival wrapping topped with a beautiful bow.
It's #FestiveLights for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar.
Our Vapo-Cresoline Spirit Lamp (c.1900) has a very Christmassy feel to it! The lamp would light you to bed but its claim to cure respiratory diseases, by producing a cleansing gas, was definitely fake news.
Our Vapo-Cresoline Spirit Lamp (c.1900) has a very Christmassy feel to it! The lamp would light you to bed but its claim to cure respiratory diseases, by producing a cleansing gas, was definitely fake news.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's #FestiveLights for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar.
Our Vapo-Cresoline Spirit Lamp (c.1900) has a very Christmassy feel to it! The lamp would light you to bed but its claim to cure respiratory diseases, by producing a cleansing gas, was definitely fake news.
Our Vapo-Cresoline Spirit Lamp (c.1900) has a very Christmassy feel to it! The lamp would light you to bed but its claim to cure respiratory diseases, by producing a cleansing gas, was definitely fake news.
Slightly late to the party but there were #Presents behind yesterday's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door. Here's a lovely festive photo of Santa (a.k.a. stage star Jack Radcliffe) delivering a sack full of presents to the children on the wards at Mearnskirk Hospital (c1935). Bonus St Bernard watching on 🐶
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Slightly late to the party but there were #Presents behind yesterday's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door. Here's a lovely festive photo of Santa (a.k.a. stage star Jack Radcliffe) delivering a sack full of presents to the children on the wards at Mearnskirk Hospital (c1935). Bonus St Bernard watching on 🐶
Tomorrow marks the 426th anniversary of the foundation of our College founded by surgeon Peter Lowe to improve standards of healthcare. The charter, granted by King James VI, brought together physicians and surgeons, and covered pharmacy and medical jurisprudence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKo4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKo4...
The Founding of the College
YouTube video by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Tomorrow marks the 426th anniversary of the foundation of our College founded by surgeon Peter Lowe to improve standards of healthcare. The charter, granted by King James VI, brought together physicians and surgeons, and covered pharmacy and medical jurisprudence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKo4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKo4...
Amputation knife (c.1800) of William Beatty, surgeon on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The curved blade was a popular style in the late 1700s/early 1800s. These were replaced by straighter blades in the mid-1800s to ensure more accurate incisions
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amputation knife (c.1800) of William Beatty, surgeon on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The curved blade was a popular style in the late 1700s/early 1800s. These were replaced by straighter blades in the mid-1800s to ensure more accurate incisions
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The original visitors book from Rottenrow.
Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps.
The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.
Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps.
The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The original visitors book from Rottenrow.
Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps.
The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.
Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps.
The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.
Suffering from the sniffles? Here's a recipe to make a "fine tablet for the cough and coold" from our 18th century herbal notebook.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Suffering from the sniffles? Here's a recipe to make a "fine tablet for the cough and coold" from our 18th century herbal notebook.
Born #OTD 1915 former president of our College, Tom Gibson, pioneer of #plasticsurgery. He made an outstanding contribution to 20th Century medicine by developing a hypothesis that laid the scientific foundation of tissue and organ transplantation heritageblog.rcpsg.ac.uk/2015/11/24/p...
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Born #OTD 1915 former president of our College, Tom Gibson, pioneer of #plasticsurgery. He made an outstanding contribution to 20th Century medicine by developing a hypothesis that laid the scientific foundation of tissue and organ transplantation heritageblog.rcpsg.ac.uk/2015/11/24/p...
On the origin of species by Charles Darwin was published #OnThisDay 1859. We're lucky enough to have a first edition in our collection 😊
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
On the origin of species by Charles Darwin was published #OnThisDay 1859. We're lucky enough to have a first edition in our collection 😊
Love the design on the case for this 19th century set of ophthalmology instruments 😍. The set contains two spuds (to removing foreign bodies), two lens hooks and two capsulotomy knives for cataract surgery.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Love the design on the case for this 19th century set of ophthalmology instruments 😍. The set contains two spuds (to removing foreign bodies), two lens hooks and two capsulotomy knives for cataract surgery.
We had a lovely day yesterday with Helen Kellock and all those who came along to our #BookWeekScotland event. Lots of fun making paper birds inspired by our beautiful copies of JJ Audubon's Birds of America
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We had a lovely day yesterday with Helen Kellock and all those who came along to our #BookWeekScotland event. Lots of fun making paper birds inspired by our beautiful copies of JJ Audubon's Birds of America
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social