Every Sunday we’ll pluck just one
walk from the vast London Walks
repertoire and put it
centre stage.
You can check out the full
schedule at www.walks.com.
But if you only take one walking tour this week, why
not make it…
Royal Medicine –
Making the Rounds in SW1
Saturday 5th November
2016
10.45a.m
St. James' Park Tube,
Abbey/Broadway exit
Guided by Barry
Fascinating to peek
behind the medical screens in Royal London. To overhear, to probe, to track
what went into the notes and onto the charts and indeed into the diaries, to
speculate (well, to be au fait with the informed speculations of medical
professionals), to find out what our monarchs suffered from and died of over
the centuries. Everythig from a surfeit of lampreys (Henry 1st) to a headectomy
(Charles 1st ). Dr Barry Walsh will take us on a medical tour – we'll make the rounds – of
Westminster and share some of the extraordinary stories of famous Royal
operations (including an early appendicectomy performed on a billard table) and
treatments and deaths. We'll weave through centuries as we weave through Westminster, the Mall and
end in Whitehall. By way of example, at Buckingham Palace we hear about Queen
Victoria's relationship with her devoted physician Dr Reid and other doctors.
At the Banqueting house we hear about Monarchs as healers (the Royal touch
believed to treat the 'Kings Evil' or scrofula), the which provides a series of
fascinating insights into Court ritual and kingship in the Stuart Dynasty.
To go on the Royal
Medicine Walk meet Dr. Barry at 10.45 am on Saturday, November 5 just outside
the Westminster Abbey/Broadway exit of St. James's Park Tube.
About Your Guide…
Barry
Barry is our
"Renaissance man". He's a Consultant Public Health Physician, an Art
Historian, and a professionally qualified Blue Badge Guide.
A London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
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