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
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.
Views: 365 | Enquiries: 1About 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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