Edinburgh - A Medical Mystery Tour

The historic streets of Edinburgh are layered with hundreds of years of medical history.  During a modern day global pandemic, a look back at the past can inform the present.  

 

Find details of the walk I followed at the RCPE website

https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/talks/medical-history-walking-tour

 

James Young Simpson - demonstrated use of Chloroform

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson

 

Joseph Lister - the Father of modern Surgery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister

 

Robert Philip - pioneer in treatment of TB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Philip

 

The Historic Charlotte Square

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Square

 

The paper on the 1997 Hogmanay event - O'Donnell JJ, Gleeson AP, Smith H. Edinburgh's Hogmanay Celebrations: beyond a major disaster.  J Accid Emerg Med. 1998 Jul;15(4): 272-273. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9681315/

 

Burke and Hare - the famous bodysnatchers/murderers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

 

The Edinburgh Infirmary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Infirmary_of_Edinburgh

 

Surgeons Hall riot and the Edinburgh Seven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeons%27_Hall_riot

 

The Surgeons Hall Museum

https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk

 

Deacon Brodie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie

 

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Braes of Melinish by Harpo Marks

 

 

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