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The Museums Department records selected lectures and events held at the Hunterian Museum and archives the recordings here for the public. See below for all recorded lectures to date.

Due to the nature of recordings made live at events, there may be issues of audibility and sound quality.
Copyright of individual images prevents us from providing the visual presentations that accompany these talks.

	Carbolic, casebook and controversy Recorded Tuesday 6 March 2012, 1pm Lecture by Sir Barry Jackson, former President of the RCS This lecture was supported by Speech-to-text delivered by STAGETEXT. A full transcript of the talk is available to download (118KB). Listen to recording
	Lord Lister: the early years Recorded Tuesday 21 February 2012, 1pm Lecture by Professor Harold Ellis, Guy's Hospital (Please note that regrettably due to technical issues the early part of this recording is missing.) This lecture was supported by Speech-to-text delivered by STAGETEXT. A full transcript of the talk is available to download (80KB). Listen to recording
	Disability, Medicine and Museums Recorded Tuesday 18 October, 7pm Discussion Panel: Ju Gosling, artist; Jocelyn Dodd and Professor Richard Sandell, University of Leicester; Professor Gus McGrouther, plastic and reconstructive surgeon; Dr Ruth Richardson, Medical Historian. Listen to recording
	Abnormal Conversation Recorded Saturday 8 October, 1pm In conversation with artist Ju Gosling aka ju90 and Museum Director Dr. sam Alberti Listen to recording
	Study day: Lost Museum Recorded Saturday 21 May 2011 The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Medical Museum - Dr Samuel Alberti (Royal College of Surgeons) Listen to recording London’s Lost Anatomy Shows - Dr Alan Bates (University College London) Listen to recording The Phantom Museum: Sir Henry Wellcome and his collection - Dr Frances Larson (Durham University) Listen to recording Lost in the Urban Jungle: Menageries and museums in Georgian London - Dr Chris Plumb (University of Manchester) Listen to recording “Useful and curious”? Making meaning of the Kew Museums of Economic Botany - Caroline Cornish (Royal Holloway) Listen to recording Ruskin at Walkley: Reconstructing the St George's Museum - Dr Marcus Waithe (University of Cambridge) Listen to recording Cottingham's Museum of Medieval Art - Dr Tim Knox (Sir John Soane’s Museum) Listen to recording
	Labyrinth of Living Exhibits Video recorded Thursday 12 May 2011 Panel: Richard Hollingham (Chair), Katherine Araniello, Aaron Williamson, Brian Hurwitz and Sam Alberti Following the performance event 'Labyrinth of Living Exhibits' in the museum. Artists Aaron Williamson and Katherine Araniello joined a panel discussion with Sam Alberti, Director of the Hunterian. The panel, chaired by the BBC's science correspondent Richard Hollingham, discussed the historical representation of disability and contemporary approaches taken by the medical community. It also focused on how today's medical training views and engages with disabled people. Event jointly created and curated by The Arts Catalyst and Shape Arts, and held in partnership with Hunterian Museum, London. Funded by a Wellcome Trust People Award. Watch recording
	Victorian Medicine’s Lost Property: Dissecting London’s poor Recorded Tuesday 26 April 2011 Lecture by Dr Elizabeth T. Hurren, Oxford Brookes University Listen to recording
	Lost in Time and Space: unrolling Egypt's ancient dead Recorded Wednesday 23 March 2011 Lecture by John J Johnston, UCL Listen to recording
	How to Lose a Museum Recorded Tuesday 8 March 2011 Lecture by Dr Samuel Alberti, Royal College of Surgeons Listen to recording
	Dr Thomas Willis FRS: Pioneer of the anatomy and physiology of the brain Recorded Wednesday 26 January 2011 Lecture by Dr Allan Chapman FRAS Listen to recording
	Wellington's Combat Surgeon: George Guthrie Recorded Tuesday 2 November 2010 Lecture by Michael Crumplin FRCS George Guthrie was a polymath and also a robust and extremely talented military surgeon, successfully treating many thousands of wounded and sick soldiers during the Peninsula war (1808-1814). Listen to recording
	An Unsung Hero? Joseph Naples, Resurrectionist Recorded Tuesday 19 October 2010 Lecture by Kirsty Chilton The story of the life of bodysnatcher and diarist Joseph Naples and the circumstances which made it necessary to rob graves for the progression of medical science. (Please note that regrettably due to technical issues the early part of this recording is missing.) Listen to recording
	Story of London: Surgical Futures Video recorded Tuesday 5 October 2010 Lecture by: Richard Hollingham, Matthew Gardiner, Siobhan McKay and Joseph Shalhoub Find out what the future holds for patients undergoing surgery in the next decade. Three experts in their field present the cutting edge research that they are doing to solve some of the most common health issues that will affect us as we age: stroke, cancer and osteoarthritis. Event chaired by BBC Science correspondent, Richard Hollingham. Watch recording
	Exhibition Lecture: 'Curious' Recorded Tuesday 8 June 2010 Lecture by: Susanna Edwards Artist Susanna Edwards discusses her influences and the research behind her current exhibition ‘Curious: the craft of microscopy’ that combines contemporary photography with historical slides and microscopes. Listen to recording
	‘Would you ever have thought such a thing possible?’ Alexander Fleming and the FRS Recorded 12 May 2010 Lecture by: Kevin Brown Today, Alexander Fleming is famous for the discovery of penicillin. But Kevin Brown, curator of the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum exposes the professional rivalries that threatened the career of one of the greatest medical microbiologists of all time. Listen to recording
	Microscopes: a key role in transplant surgery Recorded 11 May 2010 Lecture by: Professor Sir Peter Morris AC FRS FRCS In the last 40 years microscopy has been crucial to advances in surgery that have transformed our ability to treat disease. Sir Peter Morris draws on his own experience to explore the role of the microscope in transplant surgery. Listen to recording
	Joseph Lister, surgeon and microscopist Recorded 28 April 2010 Lecture by: Professor Harold Ellis CBE FRCS Harold Ellis charts the story of Joseph Lister FRS, who followed in the footsteps of his father, a wine merchant and distinguished amateur microscopist, to develop the skills that led to a new understanding of wound infection and to the introduction of antiseptic surgery. Listen to recording
	Blood under the microscope: William Hewson, an 18th-century anatomist Recorded 20 April 2010 Lecture by: Tania Kausmally Join Tania Kausmally, historian and archaeologist as she lays bare the history of 18th-century anatomist and microscopist William Hewson, the father of modern haematology. Listen to recording
	The scandalous Worsleys: sex and celebrity divorce in the 18th Century Recorded 11 June 2009 Lecture by: Hallie Rubenhold Listen to recording
	Making Sex Electric: Dr James Graham and his ‘Celestial Bed’ Recorded 20 May 2009 Lecture by: Dr Lydia Syson Listen to recording
	Darwin’s London Recorded on 16 May 2009 Lectures: Introduction: Why Darwin Matters - Professor Steve Jones (University College London) Listen to recording What was Darwin doing in London? - Dr John van Wyhe (University of Cambridge) Listen to recording Darwin in London - Homes and Haunts - Dr Joe Cain (University College London) Listen to recording Darwin’s London Friends and Foes - Dr Jim Endersby (University of Sussex) Listen to recording Mapping social evolution: social Darwinism and London - Professor Greta Jones (University of Ulster) Listen to recording
	Romantic surgery, radical politics and revolutionary bodysnatching Lecture by: Druin Burch Recorded on 30 April 2009 Listen to recording »
	The surgeon, the countess, her husband and his lover Lecture by: Wendy Moore Recorded on 19 March 2009
	Medicine with a mission: suffragettes as army surgeons Lecture by: Jennian F Geddes Recorded on 5 March 2009 Listen to recording »