Aberdeen hotel visitors will be able to expand their knowledge of a sometimes gruesome but always fascinating subject this year.

Until March 16th, Aberdeen's Maritime Museum will host an exhibition called A Surgical Thread.

This display will explore the methods and techniques that have been used at Aberdeen Infirmary since 1743, long before the invention of anaesthetic, during which time hundreds of people have undergone operations.

Visitors who are prone to squeamishness may want to steer clear of the exhibition, while those with an interest in medicine are likely to find it fascinating.

It will explore methods such as bloodletting, knocking patients out with ether, examining the body with scopes and stitching with catgut.

A number of the objects on show are ordinarily seen only by surgical staff.

Aberdeen hotel visitors will be able to find a slightly less shocking exhibition at the Maritime Museum in the form of Changing Port, a collection of artworks by George Mackie documenting the changes in the city's harbour over the past 50 years.