Health & Disease

Discover how Londoners have faced plagues, pandemics and illness with these objects, stories and blogs.

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Early modern London’s sewage problems

Give thanks for the modern flush

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

The Foundling Hospital

A pioneering sanctuary for abandoned children

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

Three myths about the Great Fire of London

No, the fire didn’t stop the plague

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Spectacles

1800-1850

Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

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Spectacle case

C. 1810