Health & Disease
Discover how Londoners have faced plagues, pandemics and illness with these objects, stories and blogs.
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Health & Disease
Health & Disease
Joseph Merrick: 'The Elephant Man'
The life of a Victorian Whitechapel resident made famous because of his physical disabilities
War & Weapons
War & Weapons
Mary Seacole: Doctress of the Crimean War
The determined businesswoman and caregiver who looked after troops at war
Health & Disease
Health & Disease
Witches, medicine & magic through London’s history
In the face of widespread death and disease, early Londoners turned to the supernatural