'The Hospice' was opened by Elise Inglis on the Royal Mile in 1904 as a maternity hospital for women living in Edinburgh's Old Town slums.

Below is a photograph from the Hospice's 'Records of Confinement' detailing births which had taken place there in November 1907.

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'Points of greatest intensity of foetal heart sounds'

From a book of notes from lectures on #Midwifery , c. 1906.

#InternationalDayofTheMidwife #IDM2024

‘ #Midwives will always be needed’

Pamphlet published by the #Scottish Health Service in 1982.

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Come along on 10th May to celebrate the launch of the hEDS-START Study report, which details the lived experiences of people living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) in #Scotland .

Register here 👉edin.ac/3QsiedM

Some sage #ArchiveAdvice for residents of the nurses’ home in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, mid twentieth century… #Archive30

Today’s #Archive30 theme is #SomethingScary and our Speaking Out Project Archivist was terrified when she saw how many staples she had to remove from this bundle of call cards 😱
You can read more about the horrors of staples and paperclips in this blog: shorturl.at/ckoEF

#HealthArchives are the name of the game for LHSA!

Below: #illustrations showing conditions, injuries & procedures related to the field of #neurosurgery . These drawings recorded the ground-breaking neurosurgical practice of Prof. Norman Dott.

The #Archive30 theme today is #SomethingSmall !

On the left is a small padlock and key with the label 'Key of R.I. (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh) Seal' 🗝️

On the right is one of the Infirmary's Seal Presses.

Today’s theme is #ArchiveTravel and here we have an #advertising campaign for Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard which featured on #ScottishMotorTraction #buses .
LGLS received funding to expand their advertising but struggled to get adverts accepted by other companies #bustravel

Not only is this postcard of the synth pop duo 'Erasure' a great example of #ArchiveFashion it also shows the innovative ways the Take Care campaign (1980s-1990s) used contemporary pop-culture to raise awareness around HIV/AIDS and safe sex.

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'Articles found in the Royal Infirmary of #Edinburgh in 2 weeks, 1973'

What are some surprising things you've found while doing laundry? 👀

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'One of a pack of cards deformed by friction of being shuffled and made, and re-shuffled and remade, by a patient during all his waking moments for a period of 18 years' ♣️

From the annual report of the Royal #Edinburgh Hospital, 1929.

#Archive30 #UnusualArchives

Our collection of objects contains some fascinating and sometimes rather unexpected items!
Take the below as an example:

‘Small stool thought to have been made out of wood from the old Royal Infirmary of #Edinburgh ’

#ArchiveCollection #Archive30

Below are diets for the elderly as recommended in 1956 by the department of #dietetics at the Royal Infirmary of #Edinburgh .

The recommendations include foods for those with or without an oven… and with or without teeth!

#ArchiveFoodandDrink #Archive30

The Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Special Care Unit opened its doors in 1968, offering facilities for premature babies, and babies needing specialist nursing – now that’s a #MiniMilestone ! #Archive30

And he is… Take my word for it! 😳

This postcard was created by the Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM). SAM was a Scottish national HIV charity that was launched in 1983 to help tackle the HIV problem in #Scotland .

Happy Tartan Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The first donation of this year featured items about patient diet, including a book of recipes owned by dietitian Mary Cooper. Many recipes are for gluten (or low gluten) diets – in wheat starch, gluten is removed to a trace level, hence its use here! #Archive30 #SomethingNew

Our AIDS memorial quilts have been digitised!

We will let you know as soon as they’re available to view online 👀

These vibrant and colourful quilts celebrate the life of a loved one lost to an AIDS-related illness ❤️🪡🎀

#ColourfulArchives #Archive30