CANCELLED - Free Lunchtime Lecture: The Red Hand Gang - Surgeons in Georgian London
Join expert surgeon Simon Chaplin for a lunchtime lecture on the red hand gang
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Enjoy a free lunchtime lecture at the Shoe Lane Library on 'The Red Hand Gang: Surgeons in Georgian England' Simon Chaplin
Simon Chaplin is the Director of Museums & Special Collections at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This free lunchtime lecture looks at the bloody operations, gruesome dissections and vicious arguments characterised the practice of surgery in Georgian England.
Discover how the surgeons salvaged their dire reputation, transforming themselves from a 'useless and wretched' company to a Royal College through science, skill and some careful spin!
The event takes place on Thursday March 20th from 12.30pm to 1pm.
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How to get there
Where: London
020 7583 7178
Nearest Public Transport: Chancery Lane Tube (Central Line) or Blackfriars (District Line) or City Thameslink (Ludgate Hill). Buses - Fleet Street or Farringdon Road.
Contact: 020 7583 7178 or shoelane@cityoflondon.gov.uk
