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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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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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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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  • The Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London. Engraving.
  • The Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London. Engraving, 1771.
  • The Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London. Engraving, 1771.
  • St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.
  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "trap ball" ground, with men playing, St Pancras Church in the background. Etching.
  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.
  • The Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London. Engraving by J. G. Wooding, 1784.
  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: view showing St Pancras church, and the Wells in the background. Engraving by J. Roberts after J.B.C. Chatelain.
  • St Paul's School, London, England. Etching (on left).
  • The Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London. Etching by J. P. Malcolm after himself, 1807.
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