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Savannah’s Story

However, as many lessons as I have learned, I have enjoyed this process for what it was. I was blown away by the interest, contributions, and support of the community towards this project, and my heart was warmed by the willingness of people to help wherever they could. It has truly been incredible to watch the amalgamation of two such impactful aspects of my life to create, what I believe to be, such an important project.

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The Museum Doors Open for Doors Open Kingston 2021

This Doors Open event features two types of tours - outdoor walking tour and a special inside tour peeking at the galleries and the collections rooms! All tours are FREE to the public.

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Museum of Health Care Newsletter (September 2021)

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The Story of Joseph Lister and his Carbolic Acid Sprayer

Lister took this knowledge and combined it with the observation that carbolic acid was already being safely used to clean sewers and dress wounds, and in 1865 he created a new, aseptic method of surgery using carbolic acid to sanitize the operating room.

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Breast Pump (From the Collection #30)

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Sucking Glass (From the Collection #28)

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Scultetus Binder (From the Collection #29)

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Female Urinal (From the Collection #27)

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The Story of Dr. Mahlon Locke and his Arthritis Treatment

A graduate of the Queen’s College of Medicine, Dr. Locke opened his practice in Williamsburg, Ontario in 1908. After successfully treating a blacksmith for severe arthritis, his reputation began to spread. By 1932, he was treating around 2000 patients every day!

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Smallpox – A Short History of Vaccination (Part 2)

Janet Parker was the last person in the world to die from smallpox in 1978. She was working as a scientific photographer above one of the labs at Birmingham Medical School. The lab was working with smallpox and Parker contracted the disease on August 11th. She would die a month later.This event shook the world not only because the last smallpox case in the UK was 5 years prior, but because smallpox was on its way to being confined to the history books.

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