Old Operating Theatre Museum

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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...

  1. Wed May 29
  2. Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
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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.

  1. Wed Jun 19
    – Thu Jun 20
  2. Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
  3. £10
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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,...

  1. Thu Sep 12
  2. Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
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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...

  1. Mon Oct 21
  2. Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
  3. £8, £6 concs
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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...

  1. Thu Oct 31
  2. Old Operating Theatre Museum St Thomas Church, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 9RY
  3. £10 (inc. refreshments)
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