The Caledonian Mercury for December 16th 1819 reports a curious case appearing before the Edinburgh Police Magistrate: on his way home from a drunken night out, a poetry-loving tailor leapt the fence of the Canongate kirkyard to pay his respects… Read More ›
Special Collections have just lent a 16th century painting to the Wellcome Trust for an exhibition all about the Brain. The painting shows the human nervous system and is one of a set of 12 anatomical tables commissioned by the surgeon and author John Banister (c 1540-c… Read More ›
