Step inside Surgeons’ Hall after dark for a unique adults-only evening exploring the fascinating, surprising and sometimes grisly worlds of surgery, medicine and medical history.

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In celebration of National Pathology Week, join Professor Ken Donaldson, Surgeons’ Hall Museums Senior Research Fellow, and practising pathologist Edmund Joseph as they uncover the stories of two occupational lung diseases in 19th-century Edinburgh.
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Join our Senior Research Fellow, Professor Ken Donaldson, for a fascinating look at how the skulls of notorious murderers Burke and Hare were used to test and discredited the practice of phrenology.

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Join historian, author, and broadcaster Anthony Delaney and anatomist and human remains conservator Cat Irving (@anatomicalcat.bsky.social) for an exploration of the fascinating and, often unsettling, world of Georgian medicine and surgery.
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Join us this Breast Cancer Awareness Month for an inspiring evening led by breast surgeon Miss Beatrix Elsberger. Explore the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today.

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Hi Allison! This is a tape carrier for corundum tape. This was popular in dentistry prior to the introduction of sandpaper disks and strips.

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Hello! This is a tape carrier for corundum tape. This was popular in dentistry prior to the introduction of sandpaper disks and strips.

Hi Juliet! Sorry for not posting the answer last week- we've had a run in with the lurgy and are only just catching up now. Last week it was tongue forceps. This week is a dental tape carrier and polisher.

Hi Jenifer, we think this occurred due to the animals grooming each other, so yes we think it is mainly donkey hair