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Simon Chaplin
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Simon Chaplin (Royal College of Surgeons of England)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hunter
Lecture at 6:00PM in the Zverina Room ( 3rd floor of Allen Medical Library), to be followed by reception in the Dittrick Museum (also in the Allen Medical Library, at the corner of Adelbert Rd. and Euclid Avenue on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in University Circle).
 Who - or what - was the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's classic gothic thriller 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'? Was it the 18th-century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter? In the Handerson lecture for 2009 Simon Chaplin, Director of Museums & Special Collections at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, will explore the role of anatomical museums in managing the social tension between private dissection and public life in 18th-century London. By reconstructing the relationship between anatomy, art and architecture in John Hunter's home, the lecture will show how the 'doctor's cabinet' transformed the noisome business of anatomy into a subject of polite interest, and will ask whether modern anatomists can learn lessons in public communication from John Hunter and his contemporaries.
The lecture is free and open to the public. To RSVP, please contact Jennifer Nieves:
Jennifer.nieves@case.edu or call (216) 368-3648
Allen Medical Library 11000 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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