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‘A taste of one’s own medicine’: exhibition and tour
May12-2022

‘A taste of one’s own medicine’: exhibition and tour

Explore our exhibition, ‘A taste of one’s own medicine: medical satire at the Royal College of Physicians’, with an expert guide. Discover the enduring appeal of satirical images, and how doctors have been ridiculed, reprimanded and maligned for centuries.

Royal College of Physicians
Dementia-Friendly Health and History Walk of Cally Park
May12-2022

Dementia-Friendly Health and History Walk of Cally Park

Join this Health and History walk around Caledonian Park in Islington with a special welcome for those living with dementia and their carers. We'll have a cuppa before we set off, walk and talk for about an hour and then there will be a chance to play skittles at the end.

Caledonian Park
A Voice for Nursing: Tour London’s Nursing History
May10-2019

A Voice for Nursing: Tour London’s Nursing History

Take a behind-the-scenes guided tour around the 1920s College of Nursing, and find out about the century of women (and some men) who shaped the profession in the UK.


Royal College of Nursing
View the Medical Botany Books from the New York Academy of Medicine Library’s Rare Book Collection
Sep9-2022

View the Medical Botany Books from the New York Academy of Medicine Library’s Rare Book Collection

Join us for an intimate tour of the rare book room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where you will have the opportunity to see highlights from our extensive collection of medical botany books.

New York Academy of Medicine