To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first intra-ocular surgery, Curator Selina Hurley takes a look at the history of the medical procedure and its pioneering inventor Harold Ridley.
As part of the medical curatorial team, Selina is Curator of Clinical and Research Medicine. She worked on the Engineers gallery looking at biomedical engineering and was lead curator of the Medicine and Treatments gallery. During the pandemic, Selina collected objects for the collection related to COVID-19, from testing kits to home made crafts to support key workers. She has an interest in the ways people and objects intersect to tell stories about medical places and treatment. During her time at the museum, Selina has worked on meteorites, clocks, climate science and almost everything in between.
This year’s CF Week (17 to 23 June) is extra special for Cystic Fibrosis Trust, who are celebrating their 60th anniversary. To mark the week, curator Selina Hurley shares more about Sammie, who’s story we feature in the Medicine galleries.
Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day is observed annually on 22 March. Our Curator of Medicine Selina Hurley, explains the history of this condition and more contemporary developments in its research.
To mark World Kidney Day, Curator of Medicine Selina Hurley reflects on this unsung hero of the human body.
Curator Selina Hurley celebrates 50 years since the first successful human heart transplant.
Curator Selina Hurley, and Sir Terence English, look at how we got from the first implanted artificial heart to where we are today.
New acquisition: 3D printed models used in kidney transplant.
Curator Selina Hurley looks at the machine that will be performing the procedure at Guardian Live: Robot Surgery.
In the first episode of The Crown, a new Netflix drama series looking at the life of HM Queen Elizabeth II, showed the George VI’s lung operation carried out by surgeon Sir Clement Price Thomas (1893-1973) on a Sunday morning, 23 September 1951. The news made headlines all over the world. For The Crown, a group of practicing surgeons and theatre staff from Guys and St Thomas’ Trust came together to re-enact the operation in what is thought to be a […]
As Call the Midwife examines the issue of thalidomide, curator Selina Hurley explores its history.
Selina Hurley, Assistant Curator of Medicine, takes a look at the story behind a new addition to our collections.
In Emily’s second post, find out about one of her favourite art pieces in the Science Museum Sitting there, watching Listening Post, I was strangely mesmerised. The computer synthesised voices read out posts in different, monotonic keys, creating a calm chorus of gentle noise. I was completely hypnotised and probably could have sat there for hours… Created by artists Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin, Listening Post is an art project which came to the museum in 2003. It displays small […]