Events: detail
The Dresser & The Dissector: The Student
- Hosted by:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- June 09, 2007 at 02:00 pm
- Ends:
- June 09, 2007 at 03:00 pm
- Location:
- The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret, , 9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
”Fixott is gone to ye. Play, I have just done Tea & we have had a simple fracture of both Tibia and Fibula.”
Private anatomy schools flourished in London in the 18th Century, and hospitals also began to take students who were neither apprentices or dressers. Students were young and boistrous, packing out operating theatres, “like herrings in a barrel, but not so quiet”, and often became involved with the infamous bodysnatchers, providing their classes which much-needed corpses for dissection.
- 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:
- The Dresser & The Dissector: The Student
