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Interested in #PharmHist ? Like what we do? Why not support us by joining BSHP? Just £30 pa (£15 student). You get: - 4 issues of our Gazette - 4 issues of our journal 'Pharmaceutical Historian' - discounted conference rates & join a great community! bshp.org/joinus/

Check out our latest #DistillationsMagazine article, as historian Agnes Arnold-Forster explores why cancer seems especially rife with dodgy cures. Is there something about the disease or its history that makes it susceptible to scientific skepticism?⁠

Join the RPS Museum and Old Operating Theatre at this free child-friendly event as we explore the history of Marvellous Medicines: ow.ly/Xbm550WmceM Tuesday 29 July Drop in 2pm - 4pm 66 East Smithfield, London, E1W 1AW

Places are filling up, don't miss out! You can book one, two or three days - with student rates available, thanks to our support 😀

What a great day in Cambridge yesterday! Many thanks to Dr Chris Duffin, Mika Hyman & Dr Adam Crothers for introducing us to the amazing Heberden Medical Cabinet @stjohnscam, & to Dr James Freeman for his curator's tour of #CuriousCures: Medicine in the Medieval World @theUL

We're back with another #DiscoverTLA exploring our trade card collection 🔍 Naturally we're starting with *not* a trade card! In fact this is a 1730 newspaper advert for Elizabeth Cluer's business in our trade card collection... 📷 SC/GL/TCC/00/CLA-COX #EarlyModern 1/7 🧵

To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month, explore Ayurvedic medicines at the RPS Museum! This 19th century botanic print shows Haridra (turmeric), known for treating skin, digestive, and upper respiratory issues. Find out more: bit.ly/3Aa8uPP #SAHM

Work experience student Eileen has produced a fabulous little children's activity based on our apothecary shop and creating herbal remedies for diseases. This is a great activity for children and another reason to visit your friendly local medical museum!

Officinal Plants Series 27: Saffron, France c. 1480 From Matthaeus Platearius, "Livre de Simples Medicines", MS 626, f. 58r, The Wellcome Library, London. #CSMBR #medicalhistory #Simples #platearius

Want to know more about the history of pharmacy but don't always have the time? Join our RPS Museum Lunchtime Lecture with the Florence Nightingale Museum: events.rpharms.com/ereg/newreg.ph… Thursday, 14 August 2025 | 12.30pm - 13.30pm RPS Museum and Library London @florencemuseum

Are you free this Friday & can get to Cambridge? We've got last minute availability to join our free annual excursion! Private viewing of the amazing Herberden Medicine Cabinet & curator-led tour of #CuriousCures exhibition @theUL More details & booking : bshp.org/post/bshp-summ…

We're delighted to support subsidised places for students on this course 😀

If you are an early bird who got up late, you have just one more day to get a discount for the BSHM Congress in Leeds from 10-13 Sept. #medicalhistory bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/

Some great #PharmHist exhibits too!

📣New exhibition alert!!! We are excited to announce our upcoming exhibition 'A body of knowledge', exploring 500 years of book collecting at the @rcphysicians, will open on 10 September 2025. history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/up… #BodyOfKnowledge #HistMed

Matt Scudder, Academic Training Manager interviews Anna Simmons & Briony Hudson on the new three-day course ‘Art in Medicine & Pharmacy’. Limited places still available. Click here: buff.ly/p66dmEV

For those who have missed the dawn chorus, we've extended early bird registration for our Congress in Leeds from 10-13 Sept until 15 July.#medicalhistory bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/

Looking for something different to do this Summer holiday? Join the RPS Museum and Old Operating Theatre at this free child-friendly event as we explore the history of Marvellous Medicines: ow.ly/21Jc50WmceN

We've accepted 90 proposals for presentations and posters at our Congress on 10-13 Sept. #medicalhistory Just one day left to get the early bird registration rate. bshm.org.uk/congress-2025/

History of Pharmacy Series 21: A Physician and his Apprentice Testing Drugs - Germany, 1446 from "Medical Miscellany", MS Add. 17987, f. 101r, The British Library, London. #CSMBR #Pharmacy #Protocols #Medicines #Simples #Galen #Galenism

Tomorrow! Last chance to register for the free Zoom link!