Surgery and Society is the pilot website of the Devon and Exeter Medical Society Collection. Part of the collection is currently on display at the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre at Wonford Hospital, Exeter. This website is an appetiser for what we hope will grow into a large virtual exhibition and learning space for the collection, for which further project funding is currently being sought.

The Centre for Medical History, in partnership with the Telematics Centre and Devon & Exeter Medical Society, has obtained a Wellcome Trust grant for this pilot project and feasibility study to explore the possibility of extending public access to a collection of historical surgical instruments currently held in storage by Devon & Exeter Medical Society. This collection includes obstetric instruments, bleeding equipment and other surgical devices used by hospital and family doctors.