Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

One of London's best small quirky museums . Climb up the creaky wooden staircase and step back into the 1820s, when students filled the platforms to watch the next amputation: http://bit.ly/1wmJzhY

There is a tiny door to the left, which almost makes the place look closed. Open it and carefully navigate up the steep spiral staircase to the museum .

Originally part of a larger hospital complex, the Old Operating Theatre was boarded up when the hospital relocated, lying untouched for 100 years until its chance discovery in 1956.

Quirky, fascinating, nauseating! Includes operating theatre from days when it was a theatre , with drip tray to catch blood before it soaked through the floor onto the congregation of St Thomas' below!

They often hold very interesting talks by leaders of the medical profession - Harold Ellis was amazing!

At this old operating theatre near London Bridge , occasional tours recount grisly tales of primitive medical treatments. Amputations without anaesthetic were common, painful deaths frequent.

You have to climb up a tiny spiral staircase to get in; if you don't break your leg doing so don't worry as there is lots of broken leg memorabilia inside!

The oldest operating theatre in the country was rediscovered by chance during building work in 1957. There is sand under the floorboards to stop blood dripping through into the rooms below.

Fascinating museum . Check out the operating theatre . Must have been very grusome.

Climb the stairs to see what operations were like before the time of anesthetics—and if you're up for it, come during one of the surgical reenactments. Read more

Exquisite hidden gem in London. Do not miss! A *must* for history buffs.

Quirky and well preserved place. A little gem in SE1. A must see!

Recommended: During the holidays there is occasionally a re-creation of the gruesome 19th century surgery practices that once took place there. Very surreal, but well worth a watch! Read more

It's a bit dim, but worth squinting at all the cabinets with drugs, cures and herbs. The theatre itself doesn't disappoint.

A healthcare time capsule museum in the attic of St. Thomas', filled with great (if a bit macabre) medical devices and stories. Read more

take a photo of the skull as you walk in the entrance

Offbeat and quirky museum .

Don't book yourself in for surgery , the facilities are a bit old

Once home to Florence Nightingale, who some say still watches over what goes on here... #ldnghosthunt

read Dr jekyll & Mr Hyde after your visit

Have a look at a genuine Victorian operating table. Not a pretty sight. Read more

Se siente una sensación extraña entrar ahí pensando todo lo que se hacía en el pasado.