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All are invited to join Rory McCreadie, the Barber Surgeon and Nosey the Leech this half term event for families at the Hunterian Museum: Barber Surgeons: Leeches, lancets and blood-letting Thursday 26 October, sessions at 12, 2pm and 3.15pm Come and meet Rory McCreadie, a Barber Surgeon who would have worked in the 16th and 17th centuries. Find out about the operations he performed at a time when hygiene was poor and pain relief unheard of. Rory will take us through trephining, amputation and bloodletting, giving you all a chance to meet Nosey the Leech! Suitable for all ages. Tickets are free, but pre-booking is recommended, 30 places per session. To book please call 020 7869 6560 or email [log in to unmask] Please indicate how many children and adults will attend and which session you want to come to. Jane Hughes Audience Development Officer Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons ____________________________________ 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE t:020 7869 6561; f:020 7869 6564; [log in to unmask] To find out more about the Hunterian Museum click here: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums The next temporary exhibition is 'How Do You Look? Visual cognition in painting and surgery', 19 September - 22 December 2006. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, in the Qvist Gallery, upper floor of the Hunterian Museum. Free entry, open to all. For more information call 020 7869 6560 or see www.howdoyoulook.co.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk **********************************************************************