BSL Tour at the Old Operating Theatre Museum

Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of the old St Thomas’ Hospital in London Bridge, this atmospheric museum offers a unique insight into the history of medicine and surgery. The original timber framed Herb Garret was once used to dry and store herbs for patients’ medicines and in 1822 an operating theatre was added. Predating anaesthetics and antiseptics, it is the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe. Come and discover the people, stories, and history of medicine from the Old St Thomas’ Hospital with us.