The Special Collections Lunchtime Lectures Series continues with “Bodies of knowledge : the early days of anatomy in Galway”

by Alexander Black, Anatomy, School of Medicine.

Anatomy was one of the founding departments of Queen’s College Galway in the 1840s. At the time anatomy was seen as a rather distasteful, if necessary, field of study, and had yet to be completely separated from its sibling discipline physiology. Anatomy is a visual and tactile subject, and perhaps relies on images and illustrations more than any other academic discipline. This talk will cover the early days of anatomy in Galway, and will illustrate the importance of anatomy to society, society to anatomy, and medical imaging to medicine. Some anatomy material from the Old Library Collection will be on display during the talk.

All are welcome

For more information please contact olivia.larnder@nuigalway.ie