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William Macewen Portrait

Current Exhibition

Our latest exhibition tells the story of Glasgow super-surgeon Sir William Macewen (1848-1924), the first person to successfully remove a brain tumour and a pioneer of bone surgery, aseptic surgery, and so much more.

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Recent Exhibitions

From Victorian medicine to lost hospitals to items found in books, flick through previous exhibitions and see what you will discover about the College's heritage collections!

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