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Witch Doctor@witchdoctor.bsky.social |
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Socialist. Scientist. Professional drug expert. Amateur macabre medical historian.
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c0nc0rdance
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You're looking at the only known fossilized skeleton of a sauropod dino called "Amargasaurus", recovered from the La Amarga Formation in Argentina. One of the smallest sauropods at 13 m in length & 2-4 tons in weight, the distinctive 'neural spines' projecting from the vertebrae are a puzzle.
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c0nc0rdance
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Juneteenth is a good day to remind people that slavery was a founding principle of the US economy. WALL STREET started as a slave market, FANEUIL HALL hosted a slave market & is named for a slave trader. All of the first 12 US Presidents owned slaves except John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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c0nc0rdance
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Let's talk about Mr. Bones & one of his lesser discoveries, gastroliths. The real name of this American paleontologist was Barnum Brown, named by his parents for the circus showman. He was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History to gather fossils for their collections.
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Witch Doctor
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Licensed to Kill: This delightful doodle is by Arthur Conan Doyle, shortly after graduating with this Bachelor of Medecine (M.B.) and Master of Surgery (C.M.) from Edinburgh University in 1881. 🗃️ 🩺 #HistMed
More of his drawings here: www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Dr...
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c0nc0rdance
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Prepping scanning electron microscopy samples involves sputter coating with gold in a special vacuum chamber. The gold helps to reflect the electron beam used for imaging, reduces charge build-up that could arc in the sample. So that's why this tiny (dead) spider is 24 karats of awesome.
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Sensory Ecology Lab - SEL
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“The male in that video had clasped a large female, clearly alive, who then apparently died in his embrace… He let go and pursued the other female in the box. After about two minutes, however, the ‘dead’ female revived and started moving again.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/faki...
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c0nc0rdance
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Let's talk about the most fascinating frog in existence: the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica. How fascinating are they? They're toxic super-astronaut ice zombies with swarm intelligence. Take THAT, Kermit!
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c0nc0rdance
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Why do animal eyes glow at night? Why do cats, raccoons, even cows & dogs look like they're powering up laser vision? What you're seeing is the REFLECTION of light from a flashlight/camera flash. Nocturnal animals have a tissue called TAPETUM LUCIDUM that acts like a mirror.
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c0nc0rdance
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Let's talk about the real-life Dr. Frankenstein: Giovanni Aldini. Nephew to Luigi Galvani, who demonstrated that electric charges could make a frog's leg twitch, Aldini wanted to defend his uncle's idea of "animal magnetism" against their intellectual rival, Alessandro Volta.
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Witch Doctor
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From tattoos and piercings to foot-binding and neck elongation, body modification has been practiced for millennia. Evidence from Viking burials reveal tooth and skull modifications! More here 👉🏽 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... #HistMed 🗃️ 🏺
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Brandy Schillace
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Dear friends, #authors, and those in #history, #bioethics, #medicine, #science, #disability and #socialjustice : the BMJ is on BlueSky (I run BMJ Medical Humanities). Please follow and welcome—we are excited to publish your work 🗃️♿️🧪🩺⚕️
@bmjcompany.bsky.social
Link to profile
bsky.app/profile/bmjc...
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Monica H Green
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New study of energy needs in pregnancy. "what surprised him even more was that Dr. Marshall’s team was the first to pin down these numbers. “It is disarming,” he said. “You think, someone has done this before.”"
@carlzimmer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/s...
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Christie Wilcox
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Talk about commitment: João Miguel Alves-Nunes stepped on deadly jararacas more than 40,000 times to figure out when the vipers are most likely to bite. That story and more of the best from Science and science in today's #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🐍
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c0nc0rdance
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I'm currently giving thanks to the Patron Saint of Headache Relief, Dr Stewart Adams, who developed 2-(4-isobutylphenyl) propionic acid for Boots UK. From clinical trial candidate "BTS 8402" in 1961 to 200,000 tons/year consumed globally today: Bless you ibuprofen for making the headache go away.
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Witch Doctor
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If you read the article I linked, you would see the same historian quoted, saying the same thing. Hence, my incredulous tone.
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Claudia Astorino
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it’s #ToothyTuesday! 🦷✨ some of my fav teeth of all-time include crab-eater seal postcanines, basilosaurid postcanines, & colugo incisors!
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Witch Doctor
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In 1951, the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit experienced poisoning through bread, leading to 7 deaths and 50+ people institutionalized. It is generally believed to be due to ergot poisoning, a fungus that affects rye and causes illness, hallucinations, and death, or maybe...the CIA?
🩺 🧪 🗃️ #HistSci
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Sensory Ecology Lab - SEL
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“Dice snakes that bleed from the mouth and cover themselves in musk and feces spend less time pretending to be dead than those that don’t...”
www.sciencenews.org/article/snak...
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Asher Elbein
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My latest! Lots of snakes will play dead when attacked by a predator — and like an actor in a bad movie, some will bust out the fluids to help sell the performance 🧪🐍🦎
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Helen De Cruz
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Today I learned about this elaborate eulogy carved into stone of a 1st c Roman husband for his wife (identity uncertain, traditionally referred to as "Turia") It’s the longest personal document of this kind. He loved her a lot, they were married for 40 years. Highlights: 1/
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c0nc0rdance
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The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) uses its large ears for thermoregulation on the African savannah. Predominantly insectivorous, 90% of their diet is harvester termites. They're nocturnal, hunting primarily by sound. Males raise the cubs while females hunt. (📷: Yathin S Krishnappa)
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Witch Doctor
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Yep, it’s a reprint of a label onto bottle. The alt text includes the eBay link.
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Witch Doctor
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I love that flatulency is listed 😆
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Scott Zona, Ph.D.
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Can you believe it? It’s #WorldRobberflyDay. Where has the year gone?
This is Neodiogmites melanogaster, named for its black abdomen, as if the abdomen, not those screaming red legs, was so noteworthy. 📷: Rogerio Dias CC BY-NC 4 in Rio de Janeiro, #Brasil. #Diptera #Asilidae 🧪 #entomology
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Witch Doctor
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Or better yet, your cocaine and heroin pastilles
bsky.app/profile/witc...
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Witch Doctor
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No lies detected
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eustace
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Patient: I think this might actually be a cold Doctor: Hear me out
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Witch Doctor
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Okay, now I must have this poster because it’s wild how much this person looks like me 😆
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Monica H Green
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#MedievalSky #histSTM #histmed On 22 May 2024, the 13è Seminari Crisis i cicles en la Història (13th Seminar on Crises & Cycles in History) will be devoted to the question: "The Second Plague Pandemic: Origins and Narrative Memory." Link leads to the flyer: www.academia.edu/118283570/Th...
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Witch Doctor
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Big “never used public transportation” energy. Bumping into people is practically a part-time job.
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The Washington Post
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After decreasing for 27 years, the number of U.S. residents with tuberculosis has increased every year since 2020, with 9,615 cases recorded last year in the 50 states and D.C., according to a report from the CDC.
Read more: wapo.st/3UDOY66
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Witch Doctor
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I believe it’s a ‘minim’
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(=_=) Hype Tornado /Capt. Nemo///
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I love the days when the choices were snake-oil placebos or a concoction of some of the most powerful drugs known to man.
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Witch Doctor
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Classic! I have this on a magnet. Hard not to look at these and think, “Well…I mean…it would have worked.” 😂
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Witch Doctor
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Happy #MedicineMonday!
This bottle of Pelikan’s Balsam for Lungs includes alcohol, heroin, chloroform, “and other valuable ingredients” 😳
I love these vintage bottles and was digging around a bit to learn more about Pelikan Bro’s (found some here: www.facebook.com/oldneighborh...)
#HistSci 🩺 🗃️
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Jen Cross
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Xylethrus superbus is a fancy orbweaver found in the Amazon rainforest.
#SpiderSaturday #InverteFest 🌿🐙
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Frank Ashwood
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My favourite personal observation so far in the #CityNatureChallenge is this White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus) from yesterday.
I didn't know that New Zealand has an introduced species of Peacock spider! Gorgeous wee thing. 🧪🕷️
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Witch Doctor
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If Arizona is so keen to revive severely outdated medical practices, how about asthma for chloroform?
(Newspaper clipping from 1911, Arizona Republican)
And an interesting article on chloroform inhalers: www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-...
🧪 🩺 🗃️ 🛟 #HistSci
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Witch Doctor
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Yep, you’re seeing that right. It is a hat covered in teeth.
The hat was worn by a street dentist (tooth puller) and was intended to akin to a magician’s outfit, showing the magic of dentistry.
More here: heritage.southwark.gov.uk/objects/1838...
#HistSci 🧪 🩺 🗃️
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Spooky Science Lab Podast
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🤩 Today's the big day! Spooky Science Lab launches today with our very first episode! (Yes, we know it's April Fool's Day, but this is no joke!)
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Witch Doctor
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Resharing this story for #MedicineMonday 🩺 🧪 🗃️ #HistSci
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Kate Sheridan
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oh my god my partner found a bat napping in some blossoms oh my god
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Witch Doctor
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And then some!
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Witch Doctor
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Haha, yes! I ran out of characters 😫
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Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld
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“Bats are in trouble”.
This article is North American focused, but its core messages are just as applicable to Australia.
amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Witch Doctor
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Happy MedicineMonday 🩺 🗃️ 🧪 Someday, I’d love to pick a period of time and quantify which drugs (1) were total crap, (2) actually worked, and (3) actually worked but were dangerous/not great ideas. Falling into category three: Allenburys Throat Pastilles, featuring diamorphine (heroin) and cocaine.
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Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️
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Sketched two crows with my Pentel pencils while testing a new Leuchtturm1917 120 sketchbook. A true study in the hidden hues of black. 🎨🖤 Each feather a dance of light and shadow, revealing that graphite art is never just black and white. #sciart
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt
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Floral Fatality?
Why IS that windy skull vomiting flowers? #Mood #MementoMori
(Peter Apian Cosmographia map, #NewberryLibrary)
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Witch Doctor
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Happy MedicineMonday 🩺
For about 1300 years, many in medicine relied on the studies and teachings of physician, surgeon, and philosopher Galen (born 129CE). Interestingly, Galen’s knowledge largely came from animals like pigs because human dissection was banned in Ancient Rome.
🧪 🗃️ #HistSci
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c0nc0rdance
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It's because they hunt and eat the Arizona bark scorpion, the most venomous scorpion in North America. (I hate scorpions) They hunt without echolocation, using their giant ears to hear insect movements, flying 3-6 feet above the desert surface. They can eat up to half their body weight per night.
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