The Eyes Have It

“While the Garret has a charming old world atmosphere of oak beams and bundles of herbs, the Theatre itself is a shocking reminder of the harsh reality of life before modern science and technology. Many places claim to ‘bring the past to life’. But this is not Disney cuteness or Heritage complacency. This is the past stripped bare. See for yourself.”

Points of interest (??): “used in the days before anaesthetics and antiseptic surgery” and “a fascinating collection of objects revealing the horrors of medicine before the age of science – including instruments for cupping, bleeding, trepanning, and child-birth.”