Upcoming Events

Lunch Time Talk: They put WHAT in their eyes?!

Date(s): 20 November 2024

Time: 1.15pm

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-time-talk-they-put-what-in-their-eyes-tickets-1004598710787?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Surgeons' Hall Museums for the latest addition to our bite sized lunch time talks. In this lunch time talk Museum Collections Coordinator Danielle Dray will discuss the treatments that were available for eye diseases before the discovery of antibiotics. Were herbal remedies really that effective? What good would a leech do? And why would you p…

Dissecting the Author: The Story of Lobotomy with Claire Prentice

Date(s): 28 November 2024

Time: 7pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting-the-author-the-story-of-lobotomy-with-claire-prentice-tickets-920848421417

Join this Zoom talk as we discuss the history of Lobotomy in the US and UK. In this online event Surgeons Hall Museums Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will be joined by historian and author Claire Prentice. Claire will discuss the research behind her BBC Radio 4 documentary Easier Than Curing Tooth Ache? The Story of Lobotomy which uncovers t…

The Worlds End Murders- The Inside Story

Date(s): 3 December 2024

Time: 6.30pm

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-worlds-end-murders-the-inside-story-tickets-1009434023337?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us on Tuesday the 3rd of December for our 2024 Surgeons’ Hall Library Lecture, which will be presented this year by Tom Wood. Tom Wood was one of Scotland's most senior and experienced police officers. Formerly Deputy Chief Constable and Director of Operation for Lothian and Borders Police, he is an authority on serious and violent crime and…