Recent exhibitions

• Battlefield Surgery
• The History of the Ambulance

Battlefield Surgery

This exhibition was created to mark the opening of the Anaesthetic Suite in the Institution in January 2006. It celebrates the achievements of Dominique Jean Larrey, George James Guthrie, Sir Charles Bell and John Hunter.

The exhibition is presented as a series of web pages click here to view or select individual pages:

• Introduction
• Dominique Jean Larrey
• John Hunter
• George James Guthrie
• Sir Charles Bell

All the material came from the Institution Library. The exhibition was curated by S. Maxwell and S. Curbishley then adapted for the Web by G. Moulton.

The History of the Ambulance

Ambulance development from the cart to the modern ambulance.