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Dissecting the Author: Women Surgeons and their Patients with Claire Brock

Date(s): 24 July 2025

Time: 7pm

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting-the-author-women-surgeons-and-their-patients-with-claire-brock-tickets-1396145521839?aff=oddtdtcreator


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Join this Zoom talk as we discuss the life and practise of woman surgeons from the second half of the nineteenth century until the end of the Great War.

In this online event Surgeons Hall Museums Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will be joined by author Professor Claire Brock .

Professor Brock will discuss the research behind her book British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860-1918. Drawing on a rich archive of British hospital records, she will discuss what surgery women performed and how these procedures affected their personal and professional reputation, as well as the reactions of their patients.

It is not necessary to have read to British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860-1918. to join this event but if you would like to it can be found here.

Age Guidance: 16+

Booking Information: Upon booking eventbrite will issue an e-ticket. Your e-ticket will provide a like to the online event page and this link will be live from 30mins prior to the event. If you do not receive your e-ticket please check your junk mail. If you have any problems recieveing your e-ticket or accessing the event please email museum@rcsed.ac.uk.Please note that this event will not be recorded.

Content Warning: Our collections contain human remains as well as representations of anatomy, injury, and disease that some may find upsetting.

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