To mark the current loan of instruments from the Museum of Medicine and Health to the Science Museum Group exhibition ‘Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope’, honorary curator and volunteers, Dr Peter Mohr and Julie Mohr, reveal how the selected objects came...
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Vaccine Scepticism … not a new phenomenon
Article by Carsten Timmerman, Academic Lead for the Museum of Medicine & Health. Why would I not want to get vaccinated? Here is why some Victorians were sceptical about smallpox vaccinations I received my first COVID shot a few weeks ago and am happy that I did....
The third female graduate of Manchester Medical School
Ahead of International Women’s Day we are celebrating the first three medical women graduates from Manchester Medical School. So far, we have met the two Catherines; Dr Chisholm and Dr Corbett. The final women in our series is Dr Phillips, known as Margaret. After...
The second female graduate of Manchester Medical School
A few days ago, we published an article in preparation of International Women’s Day, about Dr Chisolm, first female graduate from Manchester Medical School.This article focuses on Dr Corbett, our second ever graduate from Manchester Medical School, an astonishing...
The first female graduate of Manchester Medical School
As International Women’s Day is fast approaching, we thought we should revisit the archives and dig up some history about extraordinary female graduates. Of course, as with many Universities at the time, in the early days Manchester (then called Manchester Victoria...