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London’s Millennia of Medical Progress Private Historical Tour
Nowhere in the world has been quite so important in the field of medicine than London. Historically, if only for its long history filled with disasters and diseases, but in the last few centuries it has also been the home of science and some of the most incredible jumps in medicine and healthcare anywhere on Earth.
This tour will visit plenty of sites that have helped change the world as well as visiting some of the spots that were home to some of the countless medical and social problems in history. In many ways, this tour isn’t just a Medical History Tour but also a fabulous alternative tour of London.
We will see where vaccines and medicines were invented, visit the first operating theatres, orphanages, social care, mental institutions and hospitals in the western world. Follow in the footsteps of medical pioneers and visit the sights of some of the biggest healthcare disasters and underhand medical events as we go from the herbal medicine & crusaders to COVID-19 & the modern day.
Duration: 4 hours.
This tour will visit plenty of sites that have helped change the world as well as visiting some of the spots that were home to some of the countless medical and social problems in history. In many ways, this tour isn’t just a Medical History Tour but also a fabulous alternative tour of London.
We will see where vaccines and medicines were invented, visit the first operating theatres, orphanages, social care, mental institutions and hospitals in the western world. Follow in the footsteps of medical pioneers and visit the sights of some of the biggest healthcare disasters and underhand medical events as we go from the herbal medicine & crusaders to COVID-19 & the modern day.
Duration: 4 hours.
Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses
Could you guess that before 1873 alcohol was prescribed by doctors? We know that you want a time-travelling machine now, we do too…
Highlights
• Explore horrible anti-masturbation devices
• See remains of the first hospital for orphans
• Hear great stories about British medical reformers
• Visit longest surviving medical society in England
• Site of the first hospital created by Florence Nightingale
London was once known as a dirty place, site for epidemic distempers. On our tour we examine the highways of London’s medical past.
You will discover how health care trades transformed themselves into professions, see places where people used to seek treatment and hear stories about the greatest people in medicine.
Duration: 2 hours.
Highlights
• Explore horrible anti-masturbation devices
• See remains of the first hospital for orphans
• Hear great stories about British medical reformers
• Visit longest surviving medical society in England
• Site of the first hospital created by Florence Nightingale
London was once known as a dirty place, site for epidemic distempers. On our tour we examine the highways of London’s medical past.
You will discover how health care trades transformed themselves into professions, see places where people used to seek treatment and hear stories about the greatest people in medicine.
Duration: 2 hours.
Bloomsbury's Contribution to Health Care History: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
In the 18th century the only health care provided in Bloomsbury was the Foundling Hospital, one of the most magnificent buildings in London. Soon after, this small area of London attracted reformers who changed health care in fundamental ways that shape today's services. Exploring with Nick Black, a leading expert on health care, you will see the first hospital for children in England, the only hospital for Italians, the first hospital established by nurses, the first hospital for those paralysed and epileptic, and the medical school created by and for women who were otherwise excluded from such a career. While Bloomsbury is rightly recognised as the home of radical changes in literature, art and penal reform, it was also a cradle of reform for health care. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
Duration: 50 minutes.
Duration: 50 minutes.
