Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses

Name: Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses
Brand: PRIDESTAR Diving
SKU: 11883
Price: 759.34 USD
Availability: InStock

Activity Duration (2 hours)

Light

Hosted in English

Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses

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The Secrets of London's Medical Past: Cholera and Doctors on Horseback

What you'll do

London's rich medical history is filled with significant people, events, and discoveries that have shaped modern medicine. On this medical-themed walking tour, you'll explore London's medical heritage. Visit sites where Londoners once sought treatment for their ailments, spot landmarks like the Royal Society of Medicine, and hear insider stories and anecdotes from your guide that you wouldn't typically hear elsewhere.

What is included?

Professional guide

What is not included?

Gratuities

Additional Information

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Meet your host

PRIDESTAR Diving

Host since 2025

Itinerary

London Horseback Riding Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do

Explore the full itinerary for Secrets of London medicine past: cholera and doctors on horses in London, United Kingdom (UK). This horseback riding experience includes 4 stops over 1 day. Duration: 2 hours. Activity level: Light.

No meal included on this day.

No accommodation included on this day.

Here is the starting point

The Foundling Museum

Stop: 20 minutes ·Admission included

Perhaps you would have wished to have a time machine after you realize that before 1873 alcohol was prescribed by doctors.
Nowadays nearly everyone has an opportunity to visit a doctor and receive proper medical advice. While just 200 years ago, it was not like that. London was once known as a dirty place and site for epidemic distempers. On our tour you will examine the highways of London’s medical past. You will discover how health care trades transformed themselves into professions, hear stories about the greatest people in medicine and see the places where people sought treatment.
Meet your Guide at the statue of Thomas Coram who was a philanthropist and campaigner. Discover how the kind-hearted man saved abandoned infants. Walk towards the national hospital of neurology and hospital for infirm and incurable women and Hear stories about cholera outbreaks.