"The Marvellous Mr Towne" This lecture looks at the life and times of Joseph Towne, the largely self-taught Artist who worked in wax at Guy’s Hospital for over 50 years. Towne produced approximately a 1000 eerily beautiful models of normal Anatomy, Dermatology, Pathology and comparative Anatomy. Many of these models are still in existence and continue to be used for Medical education. The lecture will attempt to compare and contrast the use of these Victorian models with the wide range of modern equivalents, both physical and electronic.

Approx. 50 mins

William Edwards: Curator of the Gordon Museum, Senior Tutor and Deputy Course director of the Extended Medical degree Programme (EMPD). He has worked for over 37 years using Human Pathology Collections, primarily for undergraduate Medical and Dental education, but also with many other Para-Medical specialties. Sometimes assists various Police forces in cold case investigations. One major interest is working to develop ways of integrating traditional teaching techniques with new technologies and as an adjunct to this has developed links to various Artists in residence to further explore novel means of delivering Medical, Biomedical or Dental education.Works on behalf of Kings College London (KCL) with Access to Medicine and Widening Participation programmes. Also represents KCL with issues relating to Medical Museums and Pathology in Medical education, the UK Human Tissue Authority and Medical History.

Talk starts at 6.30 pm but doors open at 6pm