London’s Millennia of Medical Progress Private Historical Tour

pirit with a history of philanthropy

(Entry availability able if you pick the relevant option).

ices it is here we will find the home of Mary Seacole.

rms were spreading through the water supply. His famous water pump survives in the street.

Park and learn about the man who invented vaccines.

old hospital (Entry included if option booked).

The beautifully kept garden inside is full of old medicinal herbs that would have been used in the days before modern hospitals.

Don't get the hump!

neath are countless bodies from the plague.

the first hospital for those suffering from mental health issues. It's bedlam!

We will see the Tower Of St Elsyng Spital, the ruins of an early medieval hospital.

cholic Postman's Park

the optional entry at booking (only open some days) then we can look in this fascinating old hospital museum.

though highly illegal helped doctors advance medical science.

ew the Great and visit the tomb of Rahere, the man who having almost died on his travels, had a vision of Saint Bartholomew and keeping to the promise he made to the Saint, returned to London to found not just this beautiful church but our first hospital which will be 900 years old in 2023.