31 Monday Mar 2014
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“You guys wanna see a dead body?”
Well if that’s how you want to impress your friends or loved ones then you”ll be glad to know that it’s easier than you might think. Continue reading
19 Thursday Sep 2013
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Culture Night, Dublin, Freemason hall, Ireland, Prof T. Clive Lee, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Surgeon's hall, TCD Zoological museum
So, tomorrow is Culture Night in Dublin. There is an incredible range of places opening their doors to the public until all hours. Here is my rough plan for the evening… Continue reading
03 Tuesday Sep 2013
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So, during Ireland’s recent Heritage week, I visited the RCPI’s beautiful building on Kildare Street for a lunchtime tour of the building including Sir Patrick Dun’s Library. The tour was very insightful, but the library blew me away- 30,000 books relating to the history of medicine. They had some beautifully illustrated books on display and provided gloves to encourage people to take a careful glance through the contents. One book really caught my eye… a book by Ambrose Parey (Ambroise Pare)… as seen in some badly taken iphone pics… Continue reading
Museum in a Drawer 