A new display dedicated to medicine will
open at the Hunterian Museum in Spring 2006, thanks to the generous support
of the ReDiscover Fund (Wellcome Trust and Wolfson Foundation), a Wellcome
Trust People Award, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the University of Glasgow
Chancellor’s Fund.
A Healing Passion: Medicine in Glasgow Past and Present,
will be located
on the upper balcony of the Hunterian Museum’s spectacular Victorian
Gothic main hall, as a companion to the Lord Kelvin: Revolutionary Scientist
display, which opened in October 2004.
A Healing Passion will be the first display dedicated to medicine at
the Hunterian Museum and will include several medical artefacts which
have never been on public view before.
The Hunterian was founded on the collections of the eminent Scottish
physician and obstetrician, William Hunter (1718-1783) whose medical
collections were the core of his career, museum and success.
The new display will cover historical and contemporary aspects of medicine
in Glasgow and will explore major and lesser known figures in medicine,
showcasing their achievements and their impact on our lives.
Of particular interest will be some of William Hunter’s original
18th century anatomical specimens and models he used to demonstrate the
development of the foetus in the womb. Joseph Lister’s carbolic
spray, some of the first x-rays made by John MacIntyre, and one of the
first ultrasound machines developed by Ian Donald.
Paula Summerly, the exhibition curator, said:
" There have been many notable medical pioneers working in
Glasgow and they deserve more recognition. For example, discoveries
made by Professor
John Glaister Junior pioneered several techniques of forensic analysis
such as blood testing and the examination of hairs and fibres. Similar
techniques are used in crime scene investigation today."
Evelyn Silber, Director of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery commented:
" Medical research and teaching is as important to the University
of Glasgow today as it was in 1807 when the Museum first opened. It
is wonderful
to be able to highlight some of these achievements and show how they
have affected all our lives though this exciting exhibition."
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