Health & Disease
Discover how Londoners have faced plagues, pandemics and illness with these objects, stories and blogs.
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Top-Results
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
John Snow: Cholera & the Broad Street pump
Sure that the deadly disease spread through water, Snow traced a cholera outbreak to a Soho water pump
Collections
Collections
From fox lungs to fuming pots: 17th-century flu remedies
Explore London Museum artefacts that reveal a strange yet fascinating history of healing
From our experts
From our experts
Fired up about pipe finds: A Thames mudlark’s passion
While plain tobacco pipes are common, decorated ones are a special find for Germander Speedwell
