Spotlight: James Young Simpson

Schedule

Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 12:30 pm

UTC+01:00
Location

11 Queen Street, EH2 1JQ Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

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Join us at the Physicians’ Gallery on the last Wednesday of every month at 12.30pm for a free curator-led talk exploring one of the objects on display in our Gallery.
Our topic for this talk is Sir James Young Simpson - obstetrician, advocate of women in medicine and medical rebel.
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