Group Cultural Project
For our Group Cultural Project, we visited the Royal College of Physicians Museum
The presentation attached below is in the style of Pecha Kucha, where only photos are used in the slides and the whole 15 slide presentation is only 5 minutes in length, meaning each slide has 20 seconds of discussion until it moves to the next slide. Unfortunately, our presentation was not recorded but the photo slides of the museum is attached with brief descriptions of the photos.
Note: Scroll down in the pdf to see the other photos
Slide 1: The outside of the Royal College of Physicians and its sign.
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Slide 2: Chinese diagnostic doll historically used for women to reference parts of their bodies that were experiencing symptoms.
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Slide 3: The museum's newest exhibit called "The Unfamiliar" where historical artifacts from the museum are creatively photographed to be shown in a new light
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Slide 4: Medicine containers that would be used to hold medicinal ingredients grown in the museum's garden.
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Slide 5: Stethoscope progression from the first stethoscope, which looks like a wooden tube, until the more familiar stethoscope we associate with physicians today.
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Slide 6: Surgically removed nerves and circulatory vessels laid out and lacquered onto the wooden table to create anatomical tables used to study in the past.
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Slide 7: The censor's room, which housed the individuals in charge of creating clinical practice guidelines.
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Slide 8: The president and the Royal College of Physicians and his ceremonial staff.
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Slide 9: Asclepios and the staff and snake, of which he used to heal people. This symbol represents the common medical symbol we see used today.
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Slide 10: Early medical tools, noting #17 the speculum and the father of gynecology in England to the right.
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Slide 11: More surgical tools to the left and breast covers to the right for breast feeding.
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Slide 12: Nipple covers to help with lactating mothers. Today, we often use padding or cloth as opposed to metal guards.
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Slide 13: Dr. Sujata Chaudhuri, the first woman fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
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Slide 14: Apothecary jars - note one with a date, showing some sort of expiration guidance.
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Slide 15: An apothecary jar for leeches, which were actually re-approved by the FDA in 2004 for medical use.