Chris B.

Librarian working in a Cambridge College. Enjoys everything from working with rare books to 'playing' with computer applications.

[Chris B. @libchris]

@mobeenakhan @BlueGlassBoy Congratulations ❤️

[Chris B. @libchris]

@EmilyDourish Especially as they keep telling you that train doors will close two minutes before departure time! Heaven help you if you are not particularly nimble on your feet!

[Chris B. @libchris]

@EmilyDourish That was the cookbook of my childhood too, a favourite for baking with Mum ❤️

[Chris B. @libchris]

@liamsims Remember sleeping and eating too 😉
Good luck - hopefully you have a relaxing break booked for August? 🤞

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

If you would like to hear more about women medical practitioners in #CuriousCures, please come to the project's talk for the Cambridge Bibliographical Society on Wednesday 1st of May 2024:

https://t.co/1IUJuSClAm

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All three manuscripts have been digitised. Please see:

CUL, MS Ee.1.15:
https://t.co/rKtr3K5744

Trinity College, MS R.14.52:
https://t.co/6cPnylHBaw

Jesus College, MS Q.G.25:
https://t.co/KkTCPjGL70

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

Medieval women were responsible for the healthcare of their households and practiced medicine within their communities, but their names were rarely recorded. The digitisation project #CuriousCures aims to bring their medical practices to light!

Below: Trinity College, MS O.2.48

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Finally, there is a recipe against jaundice that is associated with “Lady Elizabeth Scrope” (Jesus College, MS Q.G.25). Elizabeth would have tried the medicine, involving milk mixed with the powder of red sandalwood, on herself when she was pregnant. @JesusCollegeCam

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Next is a recipe for removing warts that was used by “Clawdius the woman from Cottingham” (Trinity College, MS R.14.52), featuring black pepper, honey, and chamomile oil among other ingredients! @TrinCollLibCam

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On #InternationalWomensDay, #CuriousCures puts the spotlight on three women medical practitioners!

First up is a plaster against gout that is attributed to "Mistress Roppysley" and "Mistress Wallwyn" (CUL, MS Ee.1.15) involving beeswax, peach, clove, mace, saffron, and red wine.

[Chris B. @libchris]

@mobeenakhan @BlueGlassBoy Congratulations - great news 🙂

[Chris B. @libchris]

@EmilyDourish When mine were that age, the thing you really didn't want to do was catch the school bus ... far too many people they didn't wish to associate with on there ;-)

[Chris B. @libchris]

@davidclover @Saracens My father played for many many years - I think my Mother would have empathised with you 🙂 Thankfully my kids were into Skater hockey and Judo, so no mud to deal with ...

[Chris B. @libchris]

@davidclover @Saracens Get someone else to do it? 😉😆🤣

[Chris B. @libchris]

@EmilyDourish @theULSpecColl I'm of an age where I was taught old money and new money at the same time at junior school! - challenging but fun 🙂

[Chris B. @libchris]

@ces43 Congratulations - well deserved 🙂🥂

[Chris B. @libchris]

@liamsims Easy done - I've got on the wrong one at Euston dashing for a train - jumping on the one to the left of the platform not the one on the right (thankfully when there were still guards on the trains, & they kindly said get off at the next stop & let me know which one I could catch

[Chris B. @libchris]

@liamsims Six miles - but worth it when it's snowing (only needed to do it about 3 times in the 30+ years we've lived here 😄)

[Chris B. @libchris]

@EmilyDourish Yup!!