Published: 1 April 2025
Beyond The Knife E04: A Brief History of Medical Illustration
01 April 2025
33 minutes
In this episode Surgeons' Hall Museums Collections Coordinator Danielle Dray discusses a brief history of medical illustration, its changing purpose, and the women who led the way in professionalising medical art. Dray also discusses the founding of the Medical Artists Association of Great Britain.
This episode is hosted by Chanté St Clair Inglis Director of Heritage and Estates at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Produced by Jordanna Kielty-O'Neill and Keshena Goldie for Surgeons Hall Museums, Library and Archives.
Music Credit: Zap Splat-Winter Dance.
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