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Invasion of the body-snatchers
BEHIND the classical façade of the Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh lie the murky remains of medical specimens: a jar containing a two-headed foetus; a mummified hand; the pickled head of a cholera victim.
Or so people think. Actually, the museum as it stands today is disappointingly devoid of such gruesome trophies, which were certainly on display in the 18th and early 19th centuries. But even though the college has left its grisly past behind, it’s hard to dissociate it from the macabre tales of its early beginnings. for more click here
