John Kay’s The craft in danger (1817): graphic satire and natural history in nineteenth-century Edinburgh

• Published in: Archives of Natural History
• Main Author: McGlashan, Wendy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2022
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); History; Anthropology; Barclay; Kay; Tusk The; narwhal*; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2022.0766; https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full-xml/10.3366/anh.2022.0766

In the early nineteenth century, the pre-eminence of lecturers at the University of Edinburgh medical school faced challenge from successful extra-mural teachers, like the anatomist John Barclay (1758–1826). Wishing to maintain the University’s reputation, in 1816 Edinburgh Town Council proposed the...