Hello everyone, welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit.

In the 19th century, the world was in the grip of the Industrial Revolution.

There was a firepower revolution on the battlefield and at sea.

There was a communications revolution going on as railways and telegraphs banned the world.

But there was another revolution, as well, in fact, there probably a few more I'm not

thinking of, but there was another particular revolution.

There was a medical revolution, the medical revolution that saw giant strides made in the

fields of public health, but also in things like surgery and pharmaceuticals as well.

This is a very, very popular subject for UK students take at school.

And so as we've been doing every Friday for the last few weeks, we're doing a lockdown

learning episode.

We want to support students, teachers and parents as we all navigate our way through these

crazy times.

I've got the wonderful Monica Walker on the podcast now.

She works at one of the best museums in London, the old operating theatre.

It's one of the hidden gems of London.

When you're next in London, folks, go to the all operating theatre and it opens.

And she talks to me in this episode about just what happened during the 19th century

that took medicine into a completely different realm.

This episode has been recorded in response to many of you requesting it.

We hope it's useful.

Don't forget the wonderful Simon Beale.

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