This Christmas Charity Lecture will explore some famous historical body parts, through the eyes of author Suzie Edge.
We’ve always used and abused bodies. We've torn them apart, dug them up, experimented on them or taken bits home as trophies. Body parts have been used for propaganda in wars and pulled off in punishment. They've answered medical mysteries, been turned into relics and even saved lives.
From Napoleon's penis to Van Gogh's ear, from Marie Antoinette's teeth to Marie Curie's bone marrow, Suzie brings together the remarkable stories of body parts that have made history, including how Queen Victoria's armpit helped to develop antiseptics; why Percy Shelley's heart refused to burn; and the strange case of Hitler's testicle.
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Join us for wine and mince pies from 6.15pm, with a chance to win a fantastic prize in our charity raffle. The lecture begins at 7.00pm.
Tickets cost £10 and are available to book through Eventbrite.
All profits will be donated to the Sandpiper Trust.
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About Suzie
Suzie Edge trained as a molecular biologist before moving to clinical medicine, to spend more time talking to people, rather than just bugs in test tubes. She went on to work as a junior doctor in a variety of medical specialties including infectious diseases, haematology, and trauma and orthopaedic surgery. She completed an MLitt in Modern History to feed her fascination for the history of the human body and the history of medicine.
Always on the lookout for gory historical details, Suzie loves telling stories of how we have treated our human bodies in life and in death. She has over 425,000 followers online who love tuning into her stories of how famous monarchs met their end, her human body histories and her sideways look at the increasing trend of dark tourism.
