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Our final #WordOnWednesday comes from our Techniques and Technology gallery. Can you solve the anagram?

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This mallet is for condensing gold fillings. #TriviaTuesday

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For #TriviaTuesday this week we have this mallet from the late 19th century. It is 17.5 cm in length and 3.5 cm in depth. What was it used for?

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This bladder stone was "cut by Jer. Callot from Thomas Murray at Paris, 8th May 1676" Removing bladder stones was very dangerous as surgeons had to cut into the perineum and then into the bladder. Survivors often kept the stone as a memento like this one.

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This is an Aspirateur de Dieulafoy. It is a suction pump used to remove fluid from the pleura. It was designed by French physician and surgeon Paul Georges Dieulafoy (1839 –1911). You may have heard of Dieulafoy's lesion, a rare cause of gastric bleeding.

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Two Liston amputation knives made by Young & Sons, Edinburgh in the mid-19th century. Engraved on the lid is the name of the owner: "Dr. James D. Gillespie". James D. Gillespie, M.D., FRSEd, was a contemporary of James Syme, & Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

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The answer to #WordOnWednesday this week is trepanning.

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For our #WordOnWednesday this week we are looking for a word you would find in our History of Surgery gallery. Can you work out what it is?

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This is a Kay-Cross Disc Oxygenator used as part of a heart-lung machine, oxygenising the blood during open-heart surgery while the heart was being operated on. In 1956, Dr. Frederick Cross and Earle Kay, M.D., co-developed the Kay-Cross Rotating Disc Oxygenator, [1/3]

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The first hollow hypodermic needle was invented by Alexander Wood in 1853. It allowed drugs to be injected in the body under the skin. Accompanied by different length needles, this example is made from silver with a glass barrel. It works by turning the screw at the top to inject the liquid.

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It may not look exciting but inside is #histmed treasure! Diary of Isaac Williamson who trained in midwifery in Edinburgh & Dublin in the 1760s. Records dissection & clinical classes, labours and a side-hustle selling apothecary wares. Digitised 👇 archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?

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Our object for #TriviaTuesday this week is from the 1960s. It is 45cm in length and 28.5 cm in width. Any ideas what it is?

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This letter opener is reportedly made from wood taken from serial killer William Hare's house. It has the inscription: "made from wood from Hare's house who murdered "Daft Jamie" in West Port of Edinburgh 1828. Burke hanged in January 1829".

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Looking for something to do with the kids this half term? We'll be holding a skeleton reconstruction drop-in session on Monday. Come along and reconstruct a plastic teaching skeleton. https://buff.ly/4hwGnLu

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This wooden mouth gag from the nineteenth century, would have been inserted in a gap between the teeth & screwed so that the patient opened their mouth. With the gag in place the mouth stayed open, this was particularly useful if the patient had a condition such as lockjaw.

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Join @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social for the chance to view some of their rare collections. They will be exhibiting some of the oldest items in their collection, including a 1460 "Book of Hours". Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hCv2tq

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Our Collections Officer, Danielle Dray, explores the history of the Royal Army Dental Corps in this new blog. You can read it here: https://buff.ly/3CPJ4IX

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The answer this week is combat application tourniquet!

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For our #WordOnWednesday this week we are looking for a phrase you would find in our Wohl Pathology museum. Can you solve the anagram?

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Our #TriviaTuesday object this week is from the late 19th century. It is 21 cm in length. Do you know what it's for?

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Lord Joseph Lister died #OTD in 1912, he was 84. Due to his pioneering antiseptic techniques Lister is often referred to as the father of modern surgery. These medals were struck in 1913 to commemorate his contributions to medical science.

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