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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 6h

We are looking for an Events and Marketing Assistant and a Visitor Services Assistant to join the team. You can find out more about the roles and how to apply here: jobs.rcsed.ac.uk?_gl=1*1wnmzi....

Dark blue background with white text. It reads: Join the team. To the left of the image there is a photo of an old travelling medicine chest. It is open to show the different compartments and glass bottles inside.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Throughout October, 100% of the profits from every Breast Cancer Awareness Month Keyring sold will be donated to Breast Cancer Now to support breast cancer research. They are available in person and online: shop.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/products/bre...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month display in our shop promoting all proceeds of the sale of the keyrings go to Breast Cancer Now. Above the sign is a row of keyrings shaped like a simplified pair of breasts.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's time for another #WordOnWednesday This week we are looking for name you would find in our Pathology gallery.. Can you solve the anagram?

Dark blue background with white text/ It reads: Can you guess this week's word from our Wohl Pathology gallery?
There are 2 words. The first is made up of 8 letters and the second is made up of 4 letters.
Clues:
·An anagram of braes emporia
·Changed the ideas about battlefield surgery

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hi Sonia! This is a mitral valve dilator. This is used to open a narrowed mitral valve during cardiac procedures.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hello! This is a mitral valve dilator.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hi Ed! This is a mitral valve dilator.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hi Annie! This is a mitral valve dilator.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hi Juliet! This is a mitral valve dilator.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is a mitral valve dilator. This is used to open a narrowed mitral valve during cardiac procedures. #TriviaTuesday

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who's ready for another #TriviaTuesday? This week, we have this instrument from the early 21st century. It is 21 cm in length and 16 cm in width. What is it?

A metal instrument. It has a claw like attachment. There is a handle which when used closes the claw like attachment.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Silver medal awarded by James Young Simpson to George Hogarth Pringle, a student at the University of Edinburgh in the Class of Midwifery, session 1850–51. It was given “for very high merit as a pupil”.

Front of silver medal inscribed with "University of Edinburgh. Session 1850–51. Class of Midwifery"

Back of silver medal inscribed with "Awarded by Professor Simpson to G Hogarth Pringle for very high merit as a pupil"

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These fleams were made by John Savigny of London. Veterinarians also had fleams, so during this period it’s likely they were used for both humans and animals. Fleams were used in bloodletting; the blade cut into superficial veins to remove blood from the body.

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RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us Thursday 19 November for the Surgeons’ Hall Library Lecture given this year by journalist and BBC Scotland broadcaster Martin Geissler. museum.rcsed.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are looking for an Events and Marketing Assistant to join the team. You can find out more about the role and how to apply here: jobs.rcsed.ac.uk/jobs/5051448...

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi Natty! They did. They would have sterilised the syringe the best they could given the circumstances they would have found themselves in during WWII. This would have been done with spirit lamps or chemicals such as iodine.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Breast cancer awareness. Edinburgh Thursday October 1st. 7pm. Led by breast surgeon Beatrix Elsberger in collaboration with Surgeons' Hall Museums, the event will feature a series of talks from leading specialists in breast surgery.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join us at Surgeons' Hall Museums this Breast Cancer Awareness Month for an inspiring evening exploring the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breast-can...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Past, Present and Future

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, explore the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The case for this syringe has a safety pin which allowed it to be pinned to a lapel for safe transport in the field. The syringe was used by Professor A S Duncan in the Second World War.

A steel syringe case- which is pen like in shape. The syringe has been pulled out the case to show the pointed needle. There is a safety pin attached to the case.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’re joined by @anatomicalcat.bsky.social to uncover London’s Great Windmill Street Anatomy Theatre- an 18th century hub that helped transform anatomical teaching and how we see the body. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/beyond-the-k...

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The answer this week is cervical vertebrae!

Dark blue background with white text. It reads: The answer to #WordOnWednesday is: cervical vertebrae. The seven cervical vertebrae (C1-C7) are linked by facet joints at the back of each bone, enabling your neck to move forward, backward and side to side.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#ICYMI we won't be participating in Doors Open Day this weekend. You can find a full list of participating venues here: www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/edin... The Museum will be open from 10am-5pm over the weekend and normal admission fees will apply. museum.rcsed.ac.uk/visit/tickets

White text on dark blue background which reads: We are not participating in Doors Open Day. There is a photo of a glass quire's inhaler anaesthetic apparatus to the left of the text.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's time for another #WordOnWednesday! This week we are looking for two words you would come across in our Wohl Pathology gallery.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hi Brent! These are gum elastic catheters.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hi Sonia! You're correct- these are gum elastic catheters.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These are gum elastic catheters. These are a thin, flexible medical rod used to guide breathing tubes into the windpipe during difficult airway procedures

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our #TriviaTuesday objects this week are from the 20th century and are 31.3 cm in length. Do you know what they are?

Bundle of thin red and black rubber tubes

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We were thrilled to receive this beautiful thank you card from a school in Aberdeenshire after one of our workshops. The heart on the front is an oil painting by an S5 student!

A white card with Thank You drawn in be pen. There is an oil painting of an anatomical heart on the front.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We will not be participating in doors open day weekend. You can find a full list of participating venues here: www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/edin... The Museum will be open from 10am-5pm as usual over the weekend.: museum.rcsed.ac.uk/visit/tickets

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Step inside Surgeons’ Hall after dark for a unique adults-only evening exploring the fascinating, surprising and sometimes grisly worlds of surgery, medicine and medical history. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...

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An Evening with Surgeons Hall

Experience Surgeons’ Hall after hours! Explore the galleries, enjoy live music, meet our specialists and get hands-on with activities

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In celebration of National Pathology Week, join Professor Ken Donaldson, Surgeons’ Hall Museums Senior Research Fellow, and practising pathologist Edmund Joseph as they uncover the stories of two occupational lung diseases in 19th-century Edinburgh. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dust-disea...

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Dust, Disease and Discovery: Edinburgh’s Hidden Occupational History

Discover how 19th-century Edinburgh revealed the link between workplace dust and lung disease in miners and stonemasons.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join our Senior Research Fellow, Professor Ken Donaldson, for a fascinating look at how the skulls of notorious murderers Burke and Hare were used to test and discredited the practice of phrenology. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-end-of...

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The End of Phrenology: From Burke and Hare to the Death of a Pseudoscience

A fascinating look at how the skulls of notorious murderers Burke and Hare were used to test and discredited the practice of phrenology

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join historian, author, and broadcaster Anthony Delaney and anatomist and human remains conservator Cat Irving (@anatomicalcat.bsky.social) for an exploration of the fascinating and, often unsettling, world of Georgian medicine and surgery. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-bone...

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Blood, Bones & Body Snatchers

Exploring Georgian Medicine and Surgery with Anthony Delaney and Cat Irving

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us this Breast Cancer Awareness Month for an inspiring evening led by breast surgeon Miss Beatrix Elsberger. Explore the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breast-can...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Past, Present and Future

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, explore the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We’ve got a busy couple of months lined up. We have talks on the history and evolution of breast cancer surgery, Georgian medicine, phrenology and Burke & Hare, and 19th-century occupational lung disease. Plus, An Evening with Surgeons’ Hall is back in November! More info 👇

Dark blue background with white text. It reads: New Events!

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hi Allison! This is a tape carrier for corundum tape. This was popular in dentistry prior to the introduction of sandpaper disks and strips.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hello! This is a tape carrier for corundum tape. This was popular in dentistry prior to the introduction of sandpaper disks and strips.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hi Juliet! Sorry for not posting the answer last week- we've had a run in with the lurgy and are only just catching up now. Last week it was tongue forceps. This week is a dental tape carrier and polisher.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a tape carrier for corundum tape. This was popular in dentistry prior to the introduction of sandpaper disks and strips. #TriviaTuesday

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's time for another #TriviaTuesday! Our object this week is from the mid-19th century and measures 18.8 cm in length. Any ideas what it's for?

Instrument with a twisted ivory handle, angled metal shaft, adjustable washers near the head, and a small.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Abdominal retractors are used to hold back skin during surgical procedures such as the treatment of perforated or bleeding stomach ulcers, and while removing parts of the colon or the spleen

A metal instrument with two handles. Each end is has a flat piece of metal which has a slight bend in it..

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Postmortem set by Ferris & Co, 8 components, stainless steel with ebony handles, in a velvet-lined wooden case. The set includes a skull saw, chisel, 2 blow pipes, chain hooks, three scalpels, sprung tweezers and a cartilage knife with sprung socket handle.

An ebony box with a dark velvet lining. There are some instruments in the case as well as some instruments laying out beside the case. There is an interchangable saw and knife blade next to a metal handle. There is also 3 chain hooks to the top of the picture.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of two pocket cases for pills and powders which Sir James Young Simpson carried with him on his rounds. On the inside of one is written 'Please return to 52 Queen Street.'

Antique metal apothecary pillbox with ten hinged compartments, each labeled in Latin (e.g., PIL., CALOMEL, CANNAB.)

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our word for #WordOnWednesday this week comes from our History of Surgery gallery.

Dark blue background with white text which reads: Can you guess this week's word from our History of Surgery gallery?
There is space for 9 letters.
Clues:
·An anagram of Sremmimse
·Briefly used as a surgical pain-relief method in the early 1800s.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's time for another #TriviaTuesday! This week we have these objects. They are from the 20th century and are both around 17 cm in length. Any ideas what they are for?

Two stainless steel surgical forceps with ring handles- one is straight and one is curved.

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