Old Operating Theatre Museum
9a St Thomas St
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The Pathologists' Hunt for the Hidden Killer
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Victorian England was a dangerous place. As if surviving the factory smoke-filled air and avoiding Jack The Ripper wasn't bad enough, it turns out death by accidental poisoning from people's clothes and wallpaper was a serious worry too. Pathologist Dr...
- Wed May 29
- Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
Delirium
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Over two nights, Victoria Hume will perform songs about the delirium experienced by patinets in intensive care – something she learned about by interviewing various people who have suffered this curious condition.
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Wed Jun 19
– Thu Jun 20 - Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
- £10
Bad Deaths in Victorian Britain: What About pain?
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Author, researcher and cultural historian from Birkbeck College, Dr Carmen Mangion will discuss how the Victorians discerned a 'good death' and a 'bad death', with visual aids of death in the nineteenth-century. Dr Mangion will be addressing chronic illness,...
- Thu Sep 12
- Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
Medicine at Sea in the Age of Nelson
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To coincide with Trafalgar Day (2013 marks 208 years since the Battle of Trafalgar), the author of 'Poxed and Scurvied: The Story of Sickness and Health at Sea', Kevin Brown will talk about Admiral Lord Nelson's medical history and how that, paired with...
- Mon Oct 21
- Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
- £8, £6 concs
Surgical Horrors: The Operated Body in Horror Films and Literature
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If you found 'The Human Centipede' morbidly fascinating, then step up for this gore-fest this Halloween. With a selection of clips and excerpts from horror movies and literature, Professor Ian Conrich and Justin D Edwards will examine the role surgery...
- Thu Oct 31
- Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
- £10 (inc. refreshments)

















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