Events: detail
For All Hallow’s Eve... THE BODYSNATCHER: From Shroud To Specimen
- Hosted by:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- October 31, 2007 at 06:30 pm
- Ends:
- October 31, 2007 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret, 9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
As private anatomy schools flourished in the 18th Century, all were faced with one problem: the lack of corpses available for dissection. To provide teaching specimens, even the most respectable of surgeons had the same recourse… On the darkest nights, climbing over the graveyard wall, came the bodysnatcher – his mission? To dig up the bodies of the dead!
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- No
Additional information
Booking is advised. Buy tickets in advance online by credit or debit card here (no booking fee) or telephone the museum on 020 7188 2679.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Curator
- Phone:
- 020 7188 2679
- Email:
- curator [ at ] thegarret.org.uk
- Website:
- For All Hallow’s Eve... THE BODYSNATCHER: From Shroud To Specimen
