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Housed in the former crypt of
a fine 19th century church, which is now a medical library,
this small museum charts the development and role of the Royal
London Hospital.
The museum, refurbished in 2002,
has an exhibition of items relating to the Hospital and the
history of health care in the East End.
With sections
on the 18th, 19th and 20th century, as well as the history
of the hospital, the museum has material on surgery before
antisepsis , Florence Nightingale, and Joseph Merrick, the
Elephant Man. In the late 1880s this unfortunate figure
was a patient, and then an exhibit, at the hospital.
One display relates the history
of the Edith Cavell. During World War I the heroic nurse
was executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers to
escape occupied Belgium.
There
are special areas on hospital uniform , forensic medicine,
including material on the famous Jack the Ripper murders and
dentistry.
Films
are available for viewing in a video facility.
Admission free
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