Notice of a special lecture @ The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret
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THE SURGEON'S TALE, THE ANAESTHETIST'S TALE, & THE PATIENT'S TALE
Sunday 25th November, 2.30 pm
FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Dr. Ruth Richardson
(The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine)
The author of "Death, Dissection, and the Destitute" and regular columnist
for the Lancet, will be exploring the parallels between contemporary
attitudes to organ donation, harvesting and transplantation, and the 19th
century practice of "body-snatching" corpses for medical dissection.
ALL WELLCOME.
For further information contact [log in to unmask]
THE OLD OPERATING THEATRE, MUSEUM & HERB GARRET.
9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY.
Tel. 020 7955 4791.
www.thegarret.org.uk
Open daily 10.30 am - 5 pm.
Admission charges: £3.50 adult, £2.50 concession, £1.75 child, £8.00 family.
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