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Medical History

#MuseumMonday: Old Operating Theatre Museum

Tucked away in the attic of the early‑18th‑century St Thomas’s Church near London Bridge station, the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret is Europe’s oldest surviving surgical theatre. Originally the hospital apothecary’s herb garret, in 1822 it was converted into a women‑only…