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DR. PEMBROKE'S CLINIC

Live medical theater, horror, historical writings, and everything in between.

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Welcome to the home of Dr. Pembroke and his assistant Kolzac.

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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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