Lunch Time Talk: They put WHAT in their eyes?!

Name: Lunch Time Talk: They put WHAT in their eyes?!
Start: 2024-11-20T13:15:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-20T13:45:00+00:00
Location: Surgeons Hall Museum,Nicolson Street,Edinburgh,EH8 9DW,GB

Schedule

Wed Nov 20 2024 at 01:15 pm to 01:45 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Surgeons Hall Museum,Nicolson Street,Edinburgh,EH8 9DW,GB | Edinburgh, SC

Join Surgeons' Hall Museums for the latest addition to our bite sized lunch time talk exploring eye treatment before antibiotics.
Join Surgeons' Hall Museums for the latest addition to our bite sized lunch time talks.
In this lunch time talk Museum Collections Coordinator Danielle Dray will discuss the treatments that were available for eye diseases before the discovery of antibiotics.
Were herbal remedies really that effective? What good would a leech do? And why would you put silver in your eyes? Come along and find out!
Talks will last approximately 30 mins and there will be tea and coffee available for ticket holders.