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Burke, Now and Then

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Recent Recorded Talks

  • Cultural Biography of the Prostate
  • Ambrose Parry - The Art of Dying and the History of Chloroform
  • Christmas Past, Christmas Present
  • Serpents in Scotland: Edinburgh's Forgotten Contribution to Antivenoms in Australia
  • Cause for Complaint: Men’s Sexual Health in Early Modern England
  • From Casualty Room to A&E: History of a Hospital Space
  • The Mütter Research Institute: Looking to the Past to Improve Our Future
  • Forensic Psychiatry: From Plato to the Modern ‘Insanity’ Defence
  • The Wild and Tranquil Geographies of Animals and Madness
  • McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research 2019
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Speaker: Janet Philp (University of Edinburgh)

Think you’ve heard all there is to know about Burke and Hare, Edinburgh’s infamous body-snatchers? Janet Philp knows more. Join her as she explores the history around the tale of Burke and Hare, and Dr. Knox, the recipient of their shady undertakings. Janet reveals facts about Burke that have never been published before, raising more questions about the Irish man and his activities.

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