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London, city of lost hospitals

Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.

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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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Pepys and the plague

Through its long history, London has survived some enormous epidemics. During the 1665 Great Plague of London, the city burned, shops closed, the streets emptied and bodies piled up. Read Samuel Pepys’s account of how the city pulled through.

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Getting under the skin

Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.

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  • Enema syringe, London, England, 1866-1927
  • Enema syringe, London, England, 1866-1927
  • Enema syringe, London, England, 1866-1927
  • St Paul's School, London, England. Etching (on left).
  • Old St Paul's School, London, England. Etching (on right).
  • Smallpox mortality in London, England and Wales 1861-1900
  • Tavistock Clinic, London, England: exterior. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
  • St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England: exterior. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
  • St Paul's School, London, England. Etching by Owen after J.P. Neale, 1814.
  • St. Charles Hospital Medical Centre, London, England: exterior. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
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