The toxicology of the home: a history

Ken Donaldson


Organisation:
Surgeon's Hall Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Region:
Eastern Scotland
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional (scientist)
Fee:
Expensed
Category:
Health
Updated:
15th February 2024
Tagged:
Toxicology | History

Over time the home has been the scene of a number of health disasters including poisonous paint, radioactive clocks, lethal make-up etc and these are discussed in toxicological terms

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About Ken Donaldson

Retired Professor of Respiratory Toxicology , University of Edinburgh/ experimental pathologist. Currently Senior Research Fellow in the Surgeon's Hall Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Have carried out research into the history of medicine and occupational disease in 19th century Edinburgh/UK. I have given thousands of lectures in the UK and abroad,


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