1 Jan 2019, Φ John Snow pump in Broadstreet (now: Broadwick Street)

“The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street … This outbreak, which killed 616 people, is best known for the physician John Snow’s study of its causes and his hypothesis that germ-contaminated water was the source of cholera … This discovery came to influence public health and the construction of improved sanitation facilities beginning in the mid-19th century …”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak

2019_01_01 London (UK): Pump & pub John Snow

2019_01_01 London (UK): John Snow pub

A pump is now installed at the pub, off the original site.

Context: 3 Jan 2019, Φ Sojourn in London, 27 Dec 2018 – 3 Jan 2019

1 Jan 2019, Φ Soho Medical Walk

Nick Black (2006 / 2009): Walking London’s Medical History. The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd., London.

Walk 4: The Challenging Isle – Soho (p.107 ff.)

Selected items:

• Soho Square, No. 14: “home of a pioneering figure in British nursing, Mary Seacole. Born in Jamaica in 1805… went and cared for the victims of a cholera epidemic in Panama … … Crimean War …”
• Soho Square, No. 22: “Dispensary for the Infant Poor, the first dispensary for sick children in England … established in 1769 …moved here in 1772”
• Soho Square, The Hospital for Women: “established … in 1842 … moved here in 1852”
• Soho Square, No.32: Linnean Society: “the world’s oldest extant biological society …” … National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart

2019_01_01 London (UK): Dispensary for the Infant Poor

2019_01_01 London (UK): Mary Seacole home

2019_01_01 London (UK): Hospital for Women

2019_01_01 London (UK): Soho Square hut 1926

• Carlisle Street, No. 38: Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear (1816)
• Dean Street: Male Hospital, part of the London Lock Hospital
• Dean Street, No. 42-43: Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear
• Dean Street, No. 72: Dean Street School of Anatomy

2019_01_01 London (UK): Lock Hospital, Males section

2019_01_01 London (UK): Dean Street School of Anatomy

2019_01_01 London (UK): Royal Ear Hospital

2019_01_01 London (UK): Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy

• Great Windmill Street: Great Windmill Street School, “the first and most famous private anatomy school in London … The Scottish surgeon William Hunter established the school within months of the Company of Barber-Surgeons splitting in 1745”

Context: 3 Jan 2019, Φ Sojourn in London, 27 Dec 2018 – 3 Jan 2019

31 Dec 2018, British Library

96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB, www.bl.uk/

2018_12_28 London (UK): British Library

2019_01_01 London (UK): British Library

“The collection includes well over 150 million items … 3 million new items are added every year … Over 16,000 people use the collections each day (on site and online) … We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world…”

Pre- / Registration required; conditions of use; “Humanities 2” reading room.

• Pattison, Mme. Mark (1884): Claude Lorrain, sa vie et ses œuvres, d’apès des documents inédits. Série: Bibliothèque Internationale de l’Art. J. Rouam, Imprimeur-Èditeur, Paris. BL-Shelfmark J/2266.aa.7
• Bouyer, Raymond (1905): Claude Lorrain, Biographie critique. Série: Les Grands Artistes. Leur Vie – Leur Œuvre. Librairie Renouard, Paris. BL-Shelfmark 2266.bb.20
• Accademia di Francia a Roma (1982): Claude Lorrain e i pittori lorenesi in Italia nel XVII secolo. De Luca Editore, Roma. BL-Shelfmark F11/3458.

Context: 3 Jan 2019, Φ Sojourn in London, 27 Dec 2018 – 3 Jan 2019