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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a public museum comprised of collections of medical history, portraits, sculpture, archives and rare books library housed in grade-I listed modernist architecture on Regent's Park, London

Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe FRCP (1933 - 2020), often referred to as ‘Prof’ or ‘Baba’ (father), was a distinguished profes...
08/10/2026

Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe FRCP (1933 - 2020), often referred to as ‘Prof’ or ‘Baba’ (father), was a distinguished professor of medicine at the University of Ibadan and a pioneer in the specialty of hypertension and nephrology in Nigeria and across Africa.

His career spanned medicine and academia with important and award winning work. Beyond his work in academia and medicine, he was a recipient of multiple national honours in Nigeria, including the National Order of Merit, the Commander of the Order of Niger and the Commander of the Federal Republic.

Discover more about his life and impressive career 👉https://history.rcp.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/oladipo-olujimi-akinkugbe

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⭐ Exhibition 'Patient voices' is open to visit! ⭐We were excited to welcome a range of guests to a private view of our n...
02/10/2026

⭐ Exhibition 'Patient voices' is open to visit! ⭐

We were excited to welcome a range of guests to a private view of our new exhibition this week. We celebrated the opening with speeches from our senior curator Liz Douglas and members of the patient advocacy group who shaped the exhibition through new artwork, oral histories, and by acting as a critical sounding board throughout its development.

Alongside the speeches amazing musical performances were given of baroque composer Marin Marais' music evoking the feelings of a patient.

You can now visit the exhibition at the RCP at Regent's Park, to enjoy to recordings of the music, oral histories, objects, papers and photographs that explore the lived experience of healthcare.

The exhibition will remain open until 23 July 2027.

https://history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/patient-voices

Photos by Saul Perryman

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Marin Marais was a virtuoso viola de gamba player and composer born in Paris in 1656. During his career he composed two ...
02/10/2026

Marin Marais was a virtuoso viola de gamba player and composer born in Paris in 1656. During his career he composed two pieces of music that evoke the feelings of being a patient.

In the first, ‘Le Tableau de L’Operation de la Taille’, the music describes vividly an agonising operation that he himself underwent to extract a bladder stone.

The second, ‘Allemande Asthmatique’, describes a patient with asthma struggling to breathe.

As part of new exhibition 'Patient voices' you can watch brand new performances of each piece recorded at the RCP.

Visit recent blog by Harveian Librarian, Anita Simonds, to find out more about their composer and the music itself.

👉 https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/marin-marais-composer-baroque-medical-tableaus-artist-patient

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From 1724 to 1858 the RCP appointed itself as the inspector of apothecary shops in London. The inspection registers reco...
25/09/2026

From 1724 to 1858 the RCP appointed itself as the inspector of apothecary shops in London. The inspection registers record the judgements passed on every medicine stocked, as well as a usually curt verdict on the shop ranging from ‘very good’ to ‘tolerable’, ‘slovenly’, and even ‘execrable’. But in 1804 Mr Horne stood up to the physicians to ‘question and resist [their] authority’ – an early advocate for !

Once a year, for London Open House Festival, we open wide the doors to every room in our Grade I listed masterpiece of a...
23/09/2026

Once a year, for London Open House Festival, we open wide the doors to every room in our Grade I listed masterpiece of a building, and allow visitors free run of the place for a day.

This year we welcomed a record-breaking 545 people in, who enjoyed a mix of architecture, history and crafts.

If you missed us on Saturday, don't worry: there are plenty of other ways to come and see what all the fuss is about: https://history.rcp.ac.uk/visit-us

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Euan Bowman has been working on placement in the RCP Heritage Library during his PhD studies, as part of the London Arts...
10/09/2026

Euan Bowman has been working on placement in the RCP Heritage Library during his PhD studies, as part of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership placements scheme.

During his time volunteering at the RCP, he has kept an eye out for wee slices of his Scottish home in the archives and heritage library. Within this collection of patriotic snippets he started to see a relationship between Gaels and the wider British medical establishment that is both fascinating and highly relevant today. Explore his discoveries in his blog ‘The Gàidhealtachd in the World of British Medicine’.

👉 https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/gaidhealtachd-world-british-medicine

This is an extremely rare surviving example of ‘natal astrology’, dating from the 1500s.Astrology studies the movements ...
28/08/2026

This is an extremely rare surviving example of ‘natal astrology’, dating from the 1500s.

Astrology studies the movements of the stars and the planets due to a belief that they influence people’s personalities. Natal astrology used the date, time and location of a person’s birth to provide a complete analysis of all elements of their life and predict their future course in life.

During the medieval period astrologers were respected scholars and most people believed that the world around them, including the inner workings of bodies could be predicted and influenced using astrology.

This is the the ‘Horoscope of Johannes’ , born on 12 April 1538. The volume contains a fold out circular chart and 106 pages of analysis and prediction, up to the year 1609. Unfortunately for the incurably curious, we know neither the identity of the astrologer nor the subject. So there is no way of knowing how accurate John’s analysis and prediction were!

Find out more
https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/written-stars-horoscope-rcp-archives

Discover Juan Valverde de Amusco’s beautifully illustrated anatomical book, 'Anatomia del corpo umano con molte figure'....
24/08/2026

Discover Juan Valverde de Amusco’s beautifully illustrated anatomical book, 'Anatomia del corpo umano con molte figure'.

Published during a period of major change in Renaissance medicine, the book used detailed copperplate engravings to help readers explore the structure of the human body. The RCP holds a 1560 Italian edition.

More than 400 years of use have left their mark on the volume. Its leather binding had deteriorated, the covers and spine had become loose, and earlier repairs made the book difficult to open safely.

With support from Dr Diana Walford through the RCP’s Adopt a Treasure scheme, book conservator Elizabeth Neville carefully repaired and strengthened the volume while preserving its original decorated spine.

Discover more about Valverde’s remarkable book and how specialist conservation has helped preserve it for the future: https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/preserving-valverde-conservation-renaissance-anatomy-book

This rare early photograph was taken in the 19th century, sometime before 1883. It shows the anatomy theatre built for t...
21/08/2026

This rare early photograph was taken in the 19th century, sometime before 1883. It shows the anatomy theatre built for the RCPs Warwick Lane home in the 1670s. The previous RCP HQ had been destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

We have this rare image thanks to Dr Farre, a 19th century member of the RCP who was fascinated by its rich history and compiled a scrapbook, collecting items illustrating important events.

Read more about our Warwick Lane building architecture here
https://history.rcp.ac.uk/about/architecture/warwick-lane

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