🇬🇧 London | The Old Operating Theatre Museum

A Spine-Tingling Journey to Pre-Anesthesia Medicine 🏥⚔️ 📍 The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret – Hidden in St Thomas’ Church near The Shard, this is Europe’s oldest surviving surgical theatre (1822!). ✨ Why It’s Fascinating (and Slightly Terrifying): • Enter through a creaky spiral staircase – Feels like time-traveling to Victorian horror. • "Surgery before anesthesia" – Where speed was life and sawdust soaked up blood. 🩺 What You’ll See: ⚔️ The Operating Theatre • Original wooden amphitheater – Students watched limbs get sawed off in minutes. • Tools of torture (oops, medicine): Bone saws, amputation knives, and bloodletting devices. 🌿 The Herb Garret • Dried medicinal plants – From mint to raspberry leaves (yes, Europe used herbs too!). • "Miseratione Non Mercede" – "From compassion, not profit" (old-school medical ethics). 💡 Visiting Tips: 🎟️ Tickets: £9 (adults), discounts for students/seniors. ⏳ Time needed: ~1 hour (but you’ll linger in horror/awe). ⚠️ Not for the faint-hearted – Those 19th-century scalpels look vicious. Would YOU survive pre-anesthesia surgery? 😱 #LondonHistory #MedicalMuseum #DarkTourism #VictorianLondon #HiddenLondon