Lunch Time Talk: A Legacy in Pages -The History of the RCSEd Library
Join Steven Kerr and explore the history of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's Library and Archive on Tuesday 24th March!
About Lunch Time Talk: A Legacy in Pages -The History of the RCSEd Library
Discover how the RCSEd Library has preserved centuries of medical knowledge and the stories hidden within its remarkable collections.
Join us for this bite sized lunch time talk exploring celebrating some of Edinburgh's rarest books.
In this 30min talk College Librarian Steven Kerr will explore the history of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Library and Archive, one of the most distinguished medical libraries in the world.
Established in the seventeenth century, the Library has grown over centuries to amass a world-renowned collection of surgical, medical, and historical texts.
This talk will trace the Library’s evolution, from its origins as a resource for surgeons in training to its role today as a guardian of medical heritage, while showcasing some of its most remarkable items.
Discover how the Library has preserved medical knowledge across centuries, and the stories hidden within its extraordinary collections.
Duration: 30mins (approx.)
Content Warning: Our collections contain human remains as well as representations of anatomy, injury, and disease that some may find upsetting
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