The Shrieking Mandrake

3 November 2025 – 30 January 2026

Monday – Friday, 10am - 4.30pm (holiday closures)

Free entry

Physicians' Gallery, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

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This Mini Display will change regularly to showcase different books and objects from our collections.

In this display we’re getting magical with the toxic mandrake plant.

Four of our rare and beautiful botanical books are on show as we explore the history of one of medicine’s most elusive and most written-about plants – the mandrake.