Health & Disease

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

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Why is London called the Big Smoke?

Fog, smog and deadly fumes

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The Foundling Hospital

A pioneering sanctuary for abandoned children

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How Florence Nightingale shaped London healthcare

Modern nursing has a lot to thank this 19th-century trailblazer for

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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

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1600-1699

Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval

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Late Medieval; 15th century

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Post-Medieval

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17th century