Walking London's Medical History

摘要

This is a book which anyone interested in the history of London or of medicine will find invaluable. At its heart are seven carefully guided walks, each built round a theme that is discussed in an introductory essay. So, for example, we learn why the hospitals of St Luke's parish – where? – vanished; why those around Great Portland Street and Tottenham Court Road amalgamated or moved; and about primary care in Islington from 1780. These walks are accompanied by 125 excellent illustrations, many in colour, that provide a permanent record of buildings few will have noticed and which could easily be lost.