Soho's Contribution to Health Care History Walking Audio Tour

New To The Site! London, England
First hospital for women for 'those maladies which neither rank, wealth, nor character can avert from the female sex'
John Harrison Curtis established the first ear dispensary here in 1816, which was to become the Royal Ear Hospital
Established in 1862, London Lock Hospital was only facility for men with venereal disease (rebuilt 1912)
From 1904-1926 home to the Royal Ear Hospital, founded nearby in 1816
First and most famous private anatomy school, the Great Windmill Street School established by William Hunter
Built in 1897 for The French Club, it housed the famous St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin from 1935-90
Current hotel guests enjoy the comforts of what was the Royal Dental Hospital until 1985

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In the heart of London lies an island, a foreign land in a sea of Englishness. After the wealthy departed Soho in the middle of the 18th century, successive waves of refugees arrived creating a multi-cultural world that attracted artists, revolutionaries, writers and musicians.

Exploring Soho with Nick Black, you will see that some of the original health care buildings survive as a hotel, high commission, restaurant and theatre. Learn how the first hospitals in London for women, for ear diseases and for men with venereal disease came into being. Discover the extraordinary surviving façade of the first private anatomy school. The contrast between bohemian Soho and establishment London is well illustrated by two towering figures in the history of health care, Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.

The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

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