Blogs

A look back at two recent events where young visitors to the RCP discovered how ‘science superheroes crushed COVID’, dressed up as bogies, and met world-leading scientist, Professor Tom Solomon.

Following last week's post about evacuating museum collections from the RCP during the Second World War, today library volunteer Kate So looks at how the book collections were protected during the bombing of London in the 1940s.

In the weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War in August 1939, the Royal College of Physicians, joined a gigantic, covert effort to evacuate its historic collections from London to the countryside ‘for safe custody during the war.’ 

On 26 September the RCP Museum launched Fortitude, a new exhibition which shares the experiences of healthcare professionals who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you’ve been enjoying #Queen Charlotte: A @Bridgerton Story, you might have been wondering about the real people that it is based on. Read on for more on George III’s illness and the two(!) Dr Monros…

PHD student Olivia Langford explores the use of breast milk in early modern treatments. 

As part of South Asian Heritage month, guest blogger Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy researches the fascinating career of Dr Kadambini Ganguli, the the first Indian woman physician to graduate and practice Western Medicine in India.

Caitlin Rankin-McCabe PhD candidate and guest blogger continues with part two of La Bell Époque: A Century of Julia Bell 

Caitlin Rankin-McCabe PhD candidate and guest blogger explores the life and work of Dr Julia Bell

As part of South Asian Heritage month, guest blogger Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy researches the fascinating career of Dr Annie Wardlaw Jagannadham, the first Indian woman qualified to practice medicine in Britain.