About this Event
EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HOLD OF PLAGUE BUSTERS For the very first time, Plague Busters is available in the UK! Come along and join Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, best-selling author and medical historian and her husband Adrian Teal, notable artist and caricaturist for the TV show Spitting Image as they showcase their new children's book. Aimed at all kids - big and small!
During this dynamic event, Lindsey and Adrian will discuss the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy.
Copies of Plague Busters are available to purchase exclusively from us at the discounted price of £9.49 (RRP £12.99).
From 15:30 -1630
Be enthralled as Lindsey and Adrian discuss gruesome illnesses and even more gruesume remedies! It will be a cosy affair with interactive Q&A and the opportunity to meet with Lindsey and Adrian who will happily sign copies of their book. If you have time you can browse the museum and the surrounding area....Disclaimer you might meet the friendly ghosts and cholera victims who lurk near by!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum (entrance via Cathedral Precinct off Castle Street, next to the Cathedral), 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
GBP 3.41 to GBP 5.00
