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Dame Joanna Astley

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Dame Joanna Astley

Nurse of King Henry VI circa 1420-30. When she retired she rented a house in Giltspur Street from St Bartholomew's Hospital.

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Dame Joanna Astley

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Astley

Oh dear, get the wording wrong on a plaque and people are still sniggering ye...

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Middlesex Hospital

Middlesex Hospital

Opened first in 1745 on Windmill Street and moved to Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia in 1757 where new wings were added over time. Between June 1928 and May 1935 it was completely rebuilt on the same si...

Group, Medicine

4 memorials
George Qvist

George Qvist

Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. Wrote a biography of fellow surgeon John Hunter. Married Dame Frances Violet Gardner (1913-1989), another medical consultant. AIM gives their impressive CVs. We'...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Guy's John Fry Group

Guy's John Fry Group

This is possibly the same group of Guy's alumni who gather each October for a lunch to celebrate the life and work of Doctor John Fry.

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Medicine

1 memorial
Dr. Joseph T Clover

Dr. Joseph T Clover

Anaesthetist. Born in Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried in Brompton Cemetery. He devised apparatus for the administration of chloroform and for the use of nitrous oxide and ether and was recognised by h...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
St Nicholas Nursery

St Nicholas Nursery

In association with the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.

Group, Children, Medicine

1 memorial