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
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: A pioneering doctor
The first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor
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
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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval
Pearl ship pin (bodkin)
Late 16th century - early 17th century; (shank) 20th century addition
