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Curious Travellers and Strange Souvenirs

Simon Chaplin, Head of the Wellcome Library, presents an illustrated guide to some of Britain’s most eccentric, intrepid and occasionally unlucky medical tourists. Discover the best way to avoid crocodiles, what not to take on balloon voyages and the pros and cons of ball gowns in the jungle, based on the experience of adventurous doctors and nurses over the past four hundred years.


Simon Chaplin, Head of the Wellcome Library, presents an illustrated guide to some of Britain’s most eccentric, intrepid and occasionally unlucky medical tourists. Discover the best way to avoid crocodiles, what not to take on balloon voyages and the pros and cons of ball gowns in the jungle, based on the experience of adventurous doctors and nurses over the past four hundred years.


Speaker(s):

Dr Simon Chaplin | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

18 July 2013 at 6:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

Florence Nightingale Museum
Gassiot House
2 Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EW
020 7620 0374
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk

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Tickets:

Admission price £8.00. (Members of the Florence Nightingale Museum £5.00)

Available from:

katie@florence-nightingale.co.uk or 020 7620 0374

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