Name: Doctoring: the books. Visit the Royal College’s Library
Start: 2024-11-19T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-19T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ, United Kingdom

$Doctoring: the books. Visit the Royal College\u2019s Library$

Visit the Library and Archive of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh: one of the largest collections of medical history in the world.
The College itself was founded by Royal Charter in 1681 and remains one of the three institutions which set the standards for physicians in the UK.
Robert Sibbald, Professor of medicine, one of the RCPE’s founders, was also founder of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh: the close connection between medicine and botany was central to early practice. Indeed Sibbald’s “three shelfs of books” were among the first donations to the Library founded in 1682, while later donations were made by William Cullen - one of the pillars of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Under the expert guidance of the Librarian, expect to see early medical books covering topics from herbal medicines to anatomical illustrations, medical cannibalism and Burke and Hare.
Limited to twenty places. Book yours by phoning Liz Beevers, 0131 453 4115