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Medical History

Charged Loins and Shocking Parties

14 Jan 2018
With summer just around the corner, it seems fitting to explore more of the electric and eclectic ways that fine folks, just like yourselves, would like to, as they say…
Medical History

Electric-Zombie Kittens

3 Jan 201826 Jan 2018
WARNING: This article contains vivid descriptions of gruesome scientific experiments on small, cute, fluffy kittens. Although Karl Weinhold's experiments strain credibility and may not have taken place, they still evoke revulsion…
Medical History

Electrifying Medicine Pt. 2 – Italian Frog Legs

16 Dec 201717 Dec 2017
Onxyfeld, Late Winter 1872 Welcome to the Enlightenment! The era in which we learned the mass of the earth, invented the steam engine, really invested ourselves in colonialism, and most…
Medical History

The Resurrection Men, Pt 2 – Protection

29 Nov 2017
Last week we began a brief study into the trade and industry of the infamous "body-snatchers," those supposedly immoral and low collection of misfits who bravely and nobly provided the…
Medical History

Trepanning Pt. 2 – Magic, Medicine and Malpractice

27 Nov 201716 Dec 2017
Last week I discussed the history of the medical procedure known as trepanning. This week I will be discussing further the historical elements of the technique as used for both…

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Preparing for a demonstration of the very latest techniques in trephination at Rush Medical University! More pictures to follow...
Dr. Pembroke’s Remedies: Cocaine Wine 🍷
Chicago's most canny - and uncanny - medical men graciously invite you to @surgicalmuseumchicago first ever Halloween gala!
When restricting your waist to the diameter of a noodle doesn’t seem painful enough, there’s always electrification... it’s the ‘very thing’ for ladies. Learn more at medicinemacabre.com, link in the profile.
Your favorite medical men return to educate and enthrall guests of @surgicalmuseumchicago
Friends & enemies! Your favorite medical men are delighted to announce that we shall be guests of honor at @surgicalmuseumchicago Halloween Gala! Please join us for an elegantly macabre evening of cocktails and entertainment. 💀💉 Tickets in bio.
Tonight at the @surgicalmuseumchicago, Kolzac and I prove once again that trephining is a perfectly legitimate and safe procedure. I mean, obviously not for the patient, but that goes without saying... since when was medicine about saving people?
Sometimes that fine wool suit and stylish leather coat came at a terrible price: anthrax poisoning. Learn more at medicinemacabre.com 💀 #weirdhistory #victorianmedicine #anthrax #macabre #historyofmedicine
Man? Woman? Person who just wanted to practice surgery?! Learn about the gender mystery we really need to stop trying to solve. 💉 new article up on medicinemacabre.com #historyofmedicine #historyofsurgery #johnbarry #gender #sexuality #victorianmedicine #victoriansurgery

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