Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses
London, GB
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Professional guide included
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Duration 2 hours
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Wheelchair accessible
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Explore medical history sites
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Hear stories of medical reformers
Discover London's intriguing medical history, from cholera outbreaks to groundbreaking reforms, on this fascinating 2-hour experience.
Included
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Professional guide
Excluded
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Gratuities
Discover London's intriguing medical history, from cholera outbreaks to groundbreaking reforms, on this fascinating 2-hour experience.
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
Meeting Point
Meet your guide in the front of the Foundling museum
40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ , United Kingdom
What to expect
The Foundling Museum
Perhaps you would have wished to have a time machine after you realize that before 1873 alcohol was prescribed by doctors. Nowadays nearly everyone has an opportunity to visit a doctor and receive proper medical advice. While just 200 years ago, it was not like that. London was once known as a dirty place and site for epidemic distempers. On our tour you will examine the highways of London’s medical past. You will discover how health care trades transformed themselves into professions, hear stories about the greatest people in medicine and see the places where people sought treatment. Meet your Guide at the statue of Thomas Coram who was a philanthropist and campaigner. Discover how the kind-hearted man saved abandoned infants. Walk towards the national hospital of neurology and hospital for infirm and incurable women and Hear stories about cholera outbreaks.
20 minutes
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Discover how hysteria was treated by doctors and how it brought doctor Joseph Mortimer Granville, to the invention of the first vibrator. Walkthrough the London school of hygiene and tropical disease and discover how incurable diseases were brought to London in the past few Centuries. Pass by the Cardiovascular Society founded by was a Scottish cardiologist who was knighted by King George V before you arrive at the site of the Florence Nightingale’s first hospital. Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer and the most important person in British nursing system in the 19th Century. Discover how Florence helped British soldiers in the Crimean war. Pass by the oldest surviving medical society in England founded in 1773 by the Quaker physician and philanthropist Dr John Coakley Lettsom. Finish your tour at The Royal Society of Medicine, the major provider of accredited postgraduate medical education in the United Kingdom.
30 minutes
The Medical Society of London
Pass by the oldest surviving medical society in England founded in 1773 by the Quaker physician and philanthropist Dr John Coakley Lettsom.
10 minutes
The Royal Society of Medicine
Finish your tour at The Royal Society of Medicine, the major provider of accredited postgraduate medical education in the United Kingdom.
10 minutes
The experience can be subject to change due to bad weather or unforseen circumstances. We always endeavour to give you the best possible experience.
Additional Information
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Wheelchair accessible -
Participants should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
What our experts say
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Visit the Foundling Museum first! -
Bring a water bottle for the walk.
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Check out nearby eateries on Brunswick Square.
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Wear comfortable shoes for walking.
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Plan to explore the area post-tour.
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