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Lunch Time Talks: Robert Liston the 'Quickest Knife in the West'

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Date(s): 23 January 2023

Time: 1.15pm

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-time-talks-robert-liston-the-quickest-knife-in-the-west-tickets-476466322597

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Come in from the cold this winter and join Surgeons Hall Museums for our new series of bite sized lunch time talks.

In this lunch time talk Surgeons Hall Museums Curator Louise Wilkie investigates the myths and legends of Robert Liston the ‘Quickest Knife in the West’.

Talks will last approximately 30mins and there will be teas and coffees available for ticket holders.

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