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Charles White, Surgeon + Man-midwife: On the Politics of Health + Race in Early Industrial Manchester

Dates:20 October 2011
Times:18:00 - 20:00
What is it:Lecture
Organiser:Manchester Museum
How much:Free, drop-in
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With Professor John Pickstone.

As a young surgeon, Charles White was the effective founder of the Manchester (Royal) Infirmary, which stood in what is now Piccadilly Gardens from 1755 to 1908. He became a national expert on midwifery as male surgeons pushed to take over a traditionally female role. In the Manchester Infirmary ‘Revolution’ of 1790, White was ousted – so he founded the midwifery charity which became St Mary’s Hospital. In 1799 he published his book on The Gradations of Man – an argument for the separate origins of the human races which was attacked as giving support to slavery. All the while he ran a large house on Cross St which was also a surgery, a museum (with a modern mummy), and a training ground for young surgeons. The talk and discussion offers a chance to explore the intertwined politics of health, religion and race when Manchester was attracting attention as a new kind of city.

Organised by The Cafe Historique and part of Black History Month.

Price: Free, drop-in

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