About this Event
“He’s holding a pair of rib shears, which resemble heavy pliers. With breastbone as epicentre, he defines a circle of ribs like a clock face and crunches through them methodically, his knuckles white from the effort... Then he puts the bone-cutters down and uses a big chisel to prise the sternum up and away from the chest. This makes a ripe plasticky noise, like cling film being ripped from a cardboard roll.”
You may have gathered already, but this event won’t be for the squeamish.
Gabriel Weston has been a surgeon for over 20 years and is the author of several remarkable books, including Alive, from which this extract comes.
Join us at Trouble for a candid conversation about the human body, seen from both sides of the operating table. Drawing on her experiences as a surgeon, mother and patient, Gabriel will explore the gap between knowing how a body works and living through its messy, unpredictable realities.
An evening of extraordinary science, deeply personal stories and a closer look at what goes on beneath our skin.
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SPACES Camden, 142 Camden Street, London, United Kingdom
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