Forensic Edinburgh

Tracing Edinburgh’s forensic history, from the first forensic medicine lectures to the notable the cases of Sir Sydney Smith.Edinburgh has been at the forefront of forensic medicine since the late 18th century. In 1780s, the University of Edinburgh introduced Britain’s first lectures on the subject, followed by the establishment of a dedicated chair in medical jurisprudence in 1807.But how did Edinburgh’s medical community shape forensic medicine into a recognised discipline? And would the cases investigated in the 18th century be understood in the same way today?Join us as our three speakers - Daisy Cunynghame, John Crichton, and Iain Milne - uncover the city’s rich, and often unsettling, forensic past.
Chaired by Dr John Clark