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St Bartholomew's Hospital

Categories: Medicine

Barts was founded in 1123 by Rahere.

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St Bartholomew's Hospital

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension

{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...

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St Bartholomew's Hospital

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Bart's War Memorial

{Entering the hospital from West Smithfield you walk through an arched passag...

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German Hospital

German Hospital

Opened with 12 beds in 1845. The local German community was very large at this time and nurses were recruited from Germany from the Kaiserworth Institute. Florence Nightingale was so inspired by th...

Building, Medicine

2 memorials
Ladywell Mineral Spring

Ladywell Mineral Spring

The medicinal powers of the spring were supposed to help people with poor eyesight. The spring ran dry after the construction of a sewer in the late 19th century. Careful not to confuse this Ladyw...

Place, Medicine

1 memorial
Sir Morell MacKenzie

Sir Morell MacKenzie

Surgeon. Founded the world's first hospital for diseases of the throat. Our picture source from Wikipedia gives a full résumé of the life of Sir Morell Mackenzie. He is buried in St Mary's Church...

Person, Medicine, Austria, France, Germany, Hungary

1 memorial
Ethel Gordon Fenwick

Ethel Gordon Fenwick

Click on International Council of Nurses for information about the world's first international organisation for health professionals, which she co-founded. Ethel Gordon Manson was born 26 January ...

Person, Medicine, Scotland

1 memorial
Edward Beadon Turner, F.R.C.S.

Edward Beadon Turner, F.R.C.S.

For many years he took a prominent part in the work of the British Medical Association having been chairman of the representative body from 1915-1918 and a member of the Council from 1912-1931. He ...

Person, Medicine, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Royal Literary Fund

Royal Literary Fund

British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties. The Prince Regent supported it by providing premises at 36 Gerrard Street.

Group, Literature, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Tom Bates

Tom Bates

Assistant to Frederick Bremer. He helped build the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial