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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

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 · 14/01/2025

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 · 13/01/2025

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 archives@sgul.ac.uk

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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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 · 28/11/2024

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 · 28/11/2024

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 · 28/11/2024

#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 · 26/11/2024

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 · 25/11/2024

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 · 22/11/2024

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 · 22/11/2024

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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Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We're starting our Bluesky journey with the always fun #ExploreYourArchive week. Hello 😊 We'll be showcasing our collections throughout this and next week, and looking forward to seeing what our amazing colleagues in various archives come up with!

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