History of Surgery workshop

Based in our Victorian Operating Theatre, get hands-on with our historical surgical collection, use genuine case notes to discover the fate of Hannah Dyson and explore the history of surgery, from painkillers to blood transfusions.

What will my students do in this session?

Students will have the opportunity to put themselves in a patient’s situation, handle real surgical historical objects and experience the smells of a real Victorian operating theatre.

Key Information
• Price: £9.40 per pupil
• Age: Key Stage 3 or 4/GCSE
• Length: 1 hours
• Location: Operating theatre
• Maximum capacity: 40 students

Curriculum links
• History GCSE:
• AQA: ‘The Development of Germ Theory and a revolution in surgery’.
Edexcel: ‘c1700-1900: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness’ and ‘Approaches to prevention and treatment’.
• WJEC: ‘Attempts to treat and cure illness and disease’.