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The Girl in the Seine and the History of CPR

Museum of the Order of St John

Discover more about the Order of St John, St John Ambulance and the history of Clerkenwell at our series of free lunchtime talks.

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR, is a widely acknowledged first aid technique and is taught throughout the world as a form of emergency respiration. But how was CPR first invented, and what does it have to do with a mysterious woman who drowned in Paris over 100 years ago?

Join us for our latest 10 minute talk and see some of the objects not normally on display in the museum!

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