Special Collections Librarian: Medical Printed Collection (1800-1949) @UoMLibrary. Tweets live from the cataloguing desk! @wellcometrust funded #histmed
Manchester, England
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...and study our Karaite manuscripts, like this liturgical codex written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. It is a composite codex from several parts. One of its sections was written by Abraham Kohen for himself in Jerusalem in 1668 (see the colophon!). digitalcollections.mancheste…
And if you like illustrations, check out the 29 beautiful marriage contracts (ketubot). This 18th-century ketubah from Tarcento, Italy with cut-out design is one of the few remaining examples of this type of decoration. Can you identify the scenes? digitalcollections.mancheste…
You also find illustrated Esther scrolls among the new items. This one, probably from 18th-century Austria (spot the two-headed eagle!) includes not only biblical illustrations but also the 12 zodiac signs and an array of birds and flowers. digitalcollections.mancheste…
We invite you to turn the pages of Jewish prayer books from 13th-century France, 15th-century Yemen, and a Passover Haggadah in a 17th-century North-African codex ...
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New digital collection! 100 more manuscripts from our Hebrew collection now published on Manchester Digital Collections. Codices, scrolls, and colourful marriage contracts... Let researcher @BudaZsofia whet your appetite with a few highlights 👇 @UoMReligion
As the project draws to a close, it's important to say it wouldn't have been possible without the help of the brilliant Library team @TheJohnRylands and @UoMLibrary - thank you! And a huge thanks to EVERYONE for following, I've learnt so much from the #histmed community 🙌
Supporting fantastic @JRRIManchester researchers (including the wonderful @BeccaKWhiteley here) and students from @OfficialUoM and beyond has been an absolute pleasure
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"Spratt's Flaps", fascinating and uncomfortable obstetrical flap book explored by @BeccaKWhiteley from the @TheJohnRylands medical collections #SMGMedBody
And working with the brilliant @ManMedMuseum to explore c19th medical microscopy:
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'Subvisible Bodies', a display exploring medical microscopy from 1800 will open in the Rylands Gallery @TheJohnRylands very soon! Including many fascinating objects (like these microscope slides) from the lovely @ManMedMuseum and our medical collections 🔬👨🔬👩🔬 #histmed
Engaging with #histmed research and public engagement has been a essential part of the project. Particular highlights have been curating a number of small exhibits @TheJohnRylands. Exploring historical attitudes to menstruation:
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*OR* disturbingly vivid depictions of internal organs...
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Gorgeous coloured plates in this 1840 book on early c19th epidemics in Greifswald. My limited medical (and German) skills are unable to identify the drawings, taken from contemporary post-mortems, can anyone help? #histmed #ManMedProject
Or the founding president of @ManchesterMed, John Windsor (1787-1868):
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Manuscript or print? Amazing copy of Babington and Curry's 'Practice of Medicine' (1802-6) catalogued today, interleaved with extensive notes by John Windsor, former president of @ManchesterMed and reportedly the first doctor to use a stethoscope in Manchester #histmed
Or pioneering obstetrician Thomas Radford (1793-1881):
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The impressive inkstamp of Manchester physician Thomas Radford (1793-1881), a key figure in the development of @MFT_SMH. He donated his library to the hospital, now in the @UoMLibrary special collections, & was apparently drawn around the city in a yellow chariot... 🐎 #histmed
It's been a huge pleasure working book-by-book through a collection which is rooted in the medical history of Manchester itself, never quite sure what I would find. Whether the notes of numerous medical professionals like John Morley (1885-1974):
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Manuscript notes and neurological sketches 🧠 by former @OfficialUoM professor of surgery John Morley (1885-1974), found today in his copy of 'Nervous Diseases' (1906). More on Morley here: tinyurl.com/r7hxvco #histmed
Since the @wellcometrust project started in March 2018, 7000 items from @UoMSpecColl post-1800 public health, pathology and clinical medicine collections have been catalogued online for the first time
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A big hello👋after a hiatus from the #ManMedProject account. I've been away from the collections since wfh but there's been plenty of #histmed things afoot, not least the launch of a new digital collection last week! Read on for an update 👇
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With huge regret, @TheJohnRylands and @UoMLibrary buildings close at 5pm today until further notice. But so much to see online. Stay safe.
Our libraries, @McrMuseum @WhitworthArt @jodrellbank as well as most of our teaching and research buildings, will be closed to physical access. Certain essential services and facilities and halls of residence will remain open
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Very excited for the first @TheJohnRylands Collection Bites with @UoM_Charlotte Items on display will look at the diagnosis of urine over time. Urine for a treat! #stillopen #manchesterevents
TODAY 1pm-2pm! Drop into the @TheJohnRylands Historic Reading Room to explore manuscripts, early printed books and objects from @ManMedMuseum all on the subject of urine in medical diagnosis in our #histmed Collection Bite: tinyurl.com/tv2z4mk
