We were led straight into the main room where we were given an explanation of the history of the theatre and the operations performed there. We even had a student volunteer to do a live demonstration! The second part of the tour involved us splitting into groups and finding the object on a card we were given and learning as much as we could about it. The museum itself was full of fascinating objects, and my group was tasked with finding a drawing of Florence Nightingale. I found out that the first ever school for nursing was founded by her in Old St Thomas hospital in 1860 with 15 students. We presented all that we had learned to the rest of the group and I learnt all about medicine used during the war, treatments stored in the apothecary and looked at the remains of a woman who was used as a learning model. Overall, I found the trip to be an interesting, fun and enjoyable experience. I felt that it really boosted my understanding of the development of medicine through time by seeing a real life place that reflected what we had learnt about in class. It gave us the opportunity to see a subject in practice, which we had only ever written about before.
Meg S, 10EJO
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