Upcoming Events

Lunch Time Talk- A Surgeons Duel- A Master Beheaded

Date(s): 29 January 2025

Time: 1.15pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-time-talk-a-surgeons-duel-a-master-beheaded-tickets-1105481166929?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for this bite sized lunch time talk exploring the history of medicine. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library and Archive Assistant Robin Fixter will discuss the little known story of Surgeon Robert Auchmutie. On June 10th 1600, Robert Auchmutie became the only known Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ever to be ex…

All About The Heart: Anatomical Casting and Dissection Workshop

Date(s): 13 February 2025

Time: 6pm

Cost: £12.95-£15.95

Age Restrictions: 18+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-about-the-heart-anatomical-casting-and-dissection-workshop-tickets-1105503573949?aff=oddtdtcreator

SOLD OUTThis workshop is open to all over 18, and you don't need prior knowledge of medicine to try your hand at anatomical casting and dissection. From the eighteenth-century dissection and anatomical modelling have been key to learning about anatomy and pathology. In this two part, hands-on workshop you will get the chance to try both heart casti…

Lunch Time Talk: Charles Bell and his Anatomical Models

Date(s): 26 February 2025

Time: 1.15pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-time-talk-charles-bell-and-his-anatomical-models-tickets-1105476322439?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for this bite sized lunch time talk exploring the history of medicine. Surgeons’ Hall holds a collection of models made by Scottish Surgeon Charles Bell in the early nineteenth century, and this talk by human remains conservator Cat Irving will explore what we know about Bell’s techniques, and what these tell us about surgery at that t…

Lunch Time Talk: A Beginners Guide to Toxicology

Date(s): 5 March 2025

Time: 1.15pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-time-talk-a-beginners-guide-to-toxicology-tickets-1106355100889?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for this bite sized lunch time talk exploring the history of medicine. Toxicology is the study of how poisons work and how to understand the risks they pose. In this talk Professor Ken Donaldson, Senior Research Fellow in the Museum, will discuss the basics of Toxicology and how our everyday environment may affect our health. It’s difficul…

Dissecting The Author: The Great Dead Body Teachers with Jackie Dent

Date(s): 6 March 2025

Time: 7pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting-the-author-the-great-dead-body-teachers-with-jackie-dent-tickets-1106342422969?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join this Zoom talk as we discuss the practice of whole body donation and dissection. In this online event Surgeons Hall Museums Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will be joined by journalist and author Jackie Dent. Jackie will discuss the research behind her book The Great Dead Body Teachers. Weaving the personal with the history of anatomy an…

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