Last week I went to visit the Old Operating Theatre in London, a place I had been meaning to visit for a long time but had constantly put off. Situated behind an old church in the London Bridge area of London, the Old Operating theatre is Europe's oldest operating theatre and it survives from the days before anaesthesia and antiseptic surgery. The museum itself is situated in the Herb Garret, a timber framed Apothecary's store full of medical instruments, bowls of exotic herbs and shelves of beautiful coloured glass bottles. Here are some of my photos.
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| A sculpture in the doorway to the museum |
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| One of the theatre's old patients haha |
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| Some of the old bottles used in surgery |
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| The stands where spectators could have watched an operation |
The Old Operating Theatre, is a great place to go for an hour or so to see what life would have been like hundreds of years ago. Every Saturday at 2pm there is a live demonstration of surgery before anaesthesia and on Sundays at the same time there is a talk about the museum itself and its medical heritage. It is a truly fascinating experience and is also close to Borough Market so there is plenty of tasty food available.
