The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
9a St. Thomas’ Street, Southwark, London SE1 9RY - England, UK
Phone: +44 (0)207 9554791 - Fax: +44 (0)207 3788383
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Hidden in the roof of a church, a 300-year-old herb garret houses the only surviving 19th century operating theatre, complete with wooden operating table and observation stands, from which spectators witnessed surgery performed without anaesthesia or antiseptics. The garret was used by the apothecary of St. Thomas’ Hospital for storing medicinal herbs. The museum displays include a collection of surgical instruments, specimens, the story of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals and the history of herbal physic.
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