2000 years of Medicine in the City of London

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (BST)

Apothecaries Hall (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Healing the sick or making them worse? Starting at Blackfriars learn why the Apothecaries were known

as killers or bumblers, see where the body snatchers sold their wares and the site of the oldest Eye

Hospital. Find out why a courtier’s dream led to a hospital, why barbers were surgeons and what

Sherlock Holmes and Hogarth had in common and why the King’s physician didn’t have any medical

training at all..

Meets outside Blackfriars Underground Station (outside main entrance at street level, on

corner of Queen Victoria Street and New Bridge Street). You can check travel options at