by Dr Christine Ball, Honorary Curator | Jan 15, 2017 | Collections, Falconer Larkworthy, Joseph Sampson Gamgee, Joseph Thomas Clover, Research |
Joseph Clover trained initially as a surgeon but, by the 1860s, was one of the foremost anaesthetists in Britain. He was one of only a handful of doctors who devoted his practice to anaesthesia at that time. I have been researching his life for many years since the...
by Dr Christine Ball, Honorary Curator | Dec 20, 2016 | About the museum, Cataloguing, Collections, Exhibitions, Research |
Thirty years ago I made a trip to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Spring Street, Melbourne with Dr Rod Westhorpe. At the time I was an anaesthetic registrar at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, approaching my final exams and the end of my...
by curator | Dec 20, 2016 | Collections, Research |
Rebecca Lush was a student volunteer with the Geoffrey Kaye Museum in 2015. She is currently Curator, Harry Daly Museum. As an undergraduate, Rebecca investigated the Salem Witchcraft Trials, including the possible role of ergot. She has prepared this post based on...
