Events: detail
Speed Surgery
- Hosted by:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- February 18, 2008 at 11:00 am
- Ends:
- February 18, 2008 at 12:00 pm
- Location:
- Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret, 9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Monday 18th February at 11am, 2pm & 3pm
“I have broken my arm – I am a dead man!” Demonstrations of Victorian surgery, when operations were performed without anaesthesia, and a patient’s only relief from agony was the speed of the surgeon’s knife… A real amputation kit awaits…!
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Come to the Old Operating Theatre Museum this half-term for hands-on activities on surgery, herbal medicines and the power of blood! Children’s trails, including herb grinding and pill-making, are available all day, every day, and bags provided for kids to take their herbal remedies home. Booking is advised, as all events sold out in October half term. Call 020 7188 2679 or email curator@thegarret.org.uk to book a place.
For more information
- Contact person:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Phone:
- 020 7188 2679
- Email:
- curator [ at ] thegarret.org.uk
- Website:
- Speed Surgery
