Edinburgh’s Dark Medical Past: A 2025 Tour Review

Edinburgh’s Dark Medical Past: A 2025 Tour Review You know, Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile is always teeming with people, but just off the main path, there are these closes and wynds that, well, tell a completely different story. I’ve, like, always been more interested in the city’s darker, more gruesome history instead of just the castles and palaces. So, for my recent trip, I booked the ‘Medical and Surgical History of Edinburgh – Private Walking Tour,’ pretty much on a whim. The idea of tracing the steps of old-world surgeons and, to be honest, the infamous body snatchers was just …

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