Wednesday the 5th of July will mark 75 years since the establishment of the NHS in Scotland. The service was established as a result of...

The first page of 'The Bone' MS 42/2/4/4, University of Stirling Archives Among the Drummond Family Papers , housed in the University of Stirling Archives, lies a long-form diary entry ominously titled in pencil 'The Bone'. The Drummonds were a wealthy local family. William Drummond (1760-1824) established a business in the late 18th Century as a nurseryman and seedsman in the Bannockburn area. In 1831 William Drummond held his first exhibition of agricultural produce in Sti

Oral history recordings allow us to capture an individual's first-hand experience and perspective of the past. They augment the...

The Lothian Health Service Archive holds a number of records relating to medicine and public health in the city of Edinburgh. One of the...

The first in a series of posts looking at anatomical models in Scotland's Medical Collections, and taking a deep dive into the materials...

In honour of World Poetry Day, we wanted to share some of the poems found in the collections across the Scotland and Medicine Network....

This blog post is the last in a series of four posts titled ‘Admitting Women’ on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow's...

Skin a Layered History Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh A new exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, explores the social, cultural and medical history of skin from the 1500s to the present day. The Royal College of Physicans puts on a regular series of public exhibitions. The theme for each exhibition take inspiration from one of the 36 specialities of the college's fellows and members, connecting the work they do with the collections hel