The 1805 Dispatches #24.05 October 2024 5 of 6 NewmemberJeanne Willoz-Egnor, Curator of Maritime History and Culture, Director of the Ifland Center for Exploration at the Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia, USA, sent us this link, that you may find interesting. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/nelson_santacruz PICKLE NIGHT 2024 WITH THE SALTS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE Diary Date: Wednesday 6TH NOVEMBER 2024 Pickle Night commemorative concert The Crypt, St Martin’s-in-the-�ields Trafalgar Square, London Closest stations are Charing Cross or Underground Leicester Square Tickets £25 https://www.stmartinin-the-�ields.org/crypt-lates/ This year folk band The Salts will be commemorating Pickle Night with a concert of their “Songs from the Sea” in the iconic vaulted Crypt beneath St Martin’s on Trafalgar Square. The Crypt is transformed into an atmospheric music and cabaret venue, with a fully-stocked bar and great food options. Last year The Salts played four shows in Falmouth, Exeter, Blandford and London, as well as impromptu roadside tunes, raising awareness and donations along The Trafalgar Way. The Salts are one of the most exciting and energetic folk bands around, performing original material alongside their own interpretations of traditional songs. The band features �ive seasoned musicians collectively performing a mixture of instruments as well as great harmonies, all guaranteed to get the crowd singing and dancing along. What a fabulous way to celebrate Pickle Night in London! THE INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE The Institute of Naval Medicine is home to the serving and civilian medical staff, academics and experts who conduct research at the leading edge of science supported by state-of-the-art laboratory and clinical facilities to advise all three Services on how personnel and operations might be impacted by medical issues or conditions. But the establishment, tucked away in Gosport’s af�luent suburb of Alverstoke, is also home to an unprecedented archive of literature, old surgical instruments, medals, ceramics and photographs, spanning half a millennium of naval history and medical knowledge/understanding. The team are keen to open the collection up to as many people as possible – and of all age groups. The core of the library’s collection is drawn from 19th Century naval surgeons and medical staff, with books from both principal naval hospitals, Haslar and Stonehouse which both survived encounters with the Luftwaffe during The Blitz. The archive tells both the story of the health of the Navy and the history of naval medicine over nearly 500 years, but it also touches broader subjects: exploration, evolution, botany, ornithology, and natural history. The oldest volume held is a 1554 anthology of the works of the father of medicine, Hippocrates. Other gems include Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, a 16th-Century text on reconstructive surgery, A Treatise on the Scurvy by the leading naval surgeon of the age, James Lind, and 20 volumes of John Gould's illustrated books of ornithology, including his Birds of Australia with illustrations by Edward Lear. To arrange a visit call 023 9276 8003 or email NavyINM-CS@mod.gov.uk.
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