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# 32 Sackville Street, Westminster Standing before this elegant Mayfair townhouse, you're looking at the birthplace of Britain's first specialized ear clinic—a revolutionary institution that emerged from the vision of Dr. James Yearsley in 1838. It was within these walls on Sackville Street that Ye...

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32 Sackville Street, Westminster

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Dr James Yearsley, MD, MRCS, LRCP, 1805-1869 founded the Metropolitan Ear Institute here in 1838