Post Mortem attire

[Suzi]

Quite like this little number too..


Suz

[Monty]

Many thanks Suzi, that helps.

Monty

[Suzi]

Hi Mont
Probably after Lister (shown here) and his handy carbolic spray!


Suz x

[Monty]

Cheers Bob,

I thought as much. However there must have been a stage where they moved oved to 'scrubs' for the want of a better word.

Monty

[Bob Hinton]

It is horrible to realise but most surgeons wore their normal street clothes with their sleeves rolled up.

Infection? What Infection?

[Monty]

Guys,

Thanks...I think.

I was wondering more the actual Doctor than assistants.

And Colin, let it go, some things aint worth it.

Monty

[Sam Flynn]

Oddly enough, I have in my mind the image of a man in a full-length brown leather apron. No kidding!

I believe that Robert Mann usually wore a top-hat and cape, and carried a Gladstone bag, while assisting at post-mortem examinations.

Afterward, he would retire to the Marlborough Club, on Pall Mall, and rub elbows with some of London's other 'surgical experts'. After all, the Guardians of the Whitechapel Poor Law Union had given him carte blanche to come and go, as he pleased.

[Monty]

Guys,

A request.

Does anyone hold any info or photographs with regards the attire worn by those conducting post mortems in the victorian period?

Any help would be gratefully recieved.

Cheers

Monty