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The Patient's Pain


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In 1811, Frances Burney (later Madame D'Arblay) underwent a mastectomy
without anaesthetic, leaving an account of the "most tortuous pain" she suffered in her journals.

Although there are few records from a patient perspective for the charity hospitals like St Thomas' (patients were poor and usually uneducated),
anecdotes of famous operations - including Burney, Samuel Pepys and Lord Nelson - can provide a picture of the patient experience in a time before modern medicine.

When
  • 2pm
  • £5.25 (conc £4.25; child £3)
Where

Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret
9a St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY
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