When:
September 6, 2016 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2016-09-06T13:00:00+01:00
2016-09-06T14:00:00+01:00
Where:
Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
UK
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
UK
Cost:
£4
Contact:
Gareth Williams tells the colourful story of how variolation against smallpox was brought to England, seized the medical and public imagination and spread throughout Europe during the century before Edward Jenner’s birth. The key players included Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who both delighted and scandalised high society; Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales and an assortment of top doctors.
Lectures last approximately 45 mins plus time for questions.
Booking is essential on 020 7869 6568 (NGT: 018001 020 7869 6568).