Richard Mead and the History of Medicine

Alison Wall


Region:
South East
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
hobby
Fee:
Paid: £70
Category:
History
Updated:
13th February 2024
Tagged:
Plague. | Smallpox | Physician

This talk focuses on four eminent physicians, who carried the "Golden Headed Cane." Richard Mead became the top physician after the death of John Radcliffe in 1714. Mead became a physician to Queen Anne and the Hanoverians. Mead was involved with the founding of the Foundling Hospital, ensuring that there was a sick room, pharmacy, and a courtyard for the abandoned children placed there. He is also remembered for his treatise on pestilential contagion and his theories on transmission of infections.

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About Alison Wall

I am a semi-retired public health nurse. I have worked as a nurse, midwife and Health Visitor. I have researched various subjects including a local medieval Manor House where I am a volunteer guide. I have also researched the details about the Russell family who lived there and who now live at Woburn Abbey. I have researched the plague cottages/pestilence houses over many years and give PowerPoint presentations about them. They were used for isolation purposes from the fifteenth century and I link their use with public health issues today. I have a book published about the plague cottages and the history of medicine. I am a guide at Kensington Palace. I have a talk about the Palace. My most recent talk is about Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, who was a real Georgian influencer.


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