‘News from the Dead’: The Execution & Resuscitation of Anne Green
Title page woodcut of the execution and resuscitation of Anne Green, 1651. It was a cold, blustery day when Anne Green, 22 years old, was
From the Dissection Room: Tuberculosis
Eighteenth-century specimen of a larynx and trachea showing changes consistent with tuberculosis from the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. DEFINITION: Tuberculosis
The Chirurgeon’s Box: The Clockwork Saw
Although the clockwork saw dates from the 19th century, I couldn’t resist including a blurb about it here as it seems to me the very
Poetic Justice? The Criminal Anatomized
In 1751/2, the ‘Murder Act’ was passed which stipulated that the bodies of all executed murderers be dissected. It read: Whereas the horrid crime of
From the Dissection Room: Hydrocephalus
Eighteenth-century specimen of 25 year-old man suffering from hydrocephalus from the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. DEFINITION: Hydrocephalus, (pronounced /ˌhaɪdrɵˈsɛfələs/), also known
A History of the Barber’s Pole
The history of the barber’s pole is as intertwined with the history of the barber-surgeons as the red and white stripes that adorn it. Barber-surgeons