Curator's Corner: A closer look at body-snatching and dissection
Dates: | 25 January 2017 |
Times: | 11:30 - 11:45 |
What is it: | Activity |
Organiser: | The John Rylands Library |
Venue opening hours: | Monday 12noon - 5pm; Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 12noon - 5pm |
Who is it for: | Families, Adults, General public |
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This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bite size introduction about the Library’s intriguing medical manuscripts collection.
Discover the darker side of Manchester’s early medical profession: body-snatching, dissection, and the large collections of preserved medical specimens held across the city in the 19th century.
No need to book, just turn up.
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
150 Deansgate
Manchester
Gtr Manchester