Syrup and Liniment
Taken during an After Hours Victorian Surgery Demonstration
[a] mock Victorian surgical demonstration presented within the original architecture of the old operating theatre of St. Thomas’s Hospital dated to 1822. Before the advent of anaesthesia, an operation had to be swift. Without hand-washing or antiseptics, the chance of later infection was high.
[Old Operating Theatre]
Syrup and Liniment
Taken during an After Hours Victorian Surgery Demonstration
[a] mock Victorian surgical demonstration presented within the original architecture of the old operating theatre of St. Thomas’s Hospital dated to 1822. Before the advent of anaesthesia, an operation had to be swift. Without hand-washing or antiseptics, the chance of later infection was high.
[Old Operating Theatre]