Dedicated exclusively to human #Pathology, the #GordonMuseum at #KingsCollegeLondon is the UK's largest medical #Museum. It supports over 9.5K medical, dental & biomedical students, with approx. 8K curated specimens, historical artefacts, wax models, paintings & pioneering surgical tools. Founded in 1905 at #GuysCampus, it inc.lecture & study rooms & virtual terminals #KCLMedic
#JosephLister, the #FatherOfModernSurgery & Prof. of Clinical Surgery at #KingsCollegeLondon proved infection could be prevented. In 1877, he performed a groundbreaking antiseptic kneecap operation that shaped modern medical surgery. Though controversial, its success showed that by sterilising wounds & instruments with acid, deaths could be reduced from 46% to 15% #KCLMedic
Tracing the development of #MedicalScience & #Medicine, from surgery, anatomy & public health, the #FoyleLibrary holds rare medical books from #KingsCollegeLondon’s School of Medicine & Dentistry. Located in the #MaughanLibrary, these historic volumes that were once kept in different hospital libraries, preserve centuries of scientific healing knowledge #KCLArchives#KCLMedic
The #JamesClerkMaxwellBuilding is so named, to honour the remarkable #JamesClerkMaxwell, a Scottish scientist whose 1860s lectures here, sparked revolutions in #Physics. His equations unified light, electricity & magnetism—the groundwork for electronics, wireless communication & optics to evolve. Today, the site fosters that same spirit of cross-disciplinary inquiry #KCLScience