Events: detail
Digging Up The Dead: The Surgeon
- Hosted by:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Speaker:
-
Druin Burch
- Starts:
- May 07, 2007 at 02:00 pm
- Ends:
- May 07, 2007 at 03:00 pm
- Location:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret, , 9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES MONTH: “People – Who Are We?”
Digging Up The Dead: The Surgeon
Bank Holiday Monday 7th May at 2pm
A talk by Druin Burch, author of “Digging Up The Dead”, biography of Guy’s Hospital Surgeon Sir Astley Cooper, famous both for his surgical skills – and his involvement with the notorious Bodysnatcher! Through Cooper’s life, we can view the experiences of 18th & 19th Century surgeons, in a time when the profession was only beginning to become more respected than the Barber-Surgeons of old.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Open 10:30 – 5pm daily. Nearest Underground Station is London Bridge.
For more information
- Contact person:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Email:
- curator [ at ] thegarret.org.uk
- Website:
- Digging Up The Dead: The Surgeon
