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3 days ago · ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, 1840. The citizens of London purchased the old building, and after having repaired and enlarged it, opened it for the reception of the sick poor, under the patronage of the young king. In the course of four months after the purchase of the hospital, the institution had received no less than 260 poor infirm people.
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St. Thomas' Hospital had its origin in the infirmary of St....
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St Thomas's Hospital had its origins in an Augustinian infirmary, established during the twelfth century and dissolved in 1540. The Hospital was refounded by royal charter in 1551, one of five major endowed royal hospitals established in London in the mid-sixteenth century, which also include Bridewell. St Thomas's functioned as a general hospital ...
The Hospital was governed by its General Court of Governors, headed by the Hospital's president, which usually met annually. Existing governors elected newcomers to join them for life. By its royal charter, St Thomas's governors were supposed to have the freedom of the City, but in the eighteenth century this restriction was largely ignored, and th...
St Thomas's Hospital itself was untouched by the Great Fire of 1666, although many of its local properties were damaged or destroyed, causing short-term financial problems. However, the rebuilding of London that followed the fire undoubtedly exacerbated dissatisfaction with the cramped Hospital buildings. There had been few changes to the Hospital ...
The Hospital's senior medical officers, the physicians, surgeons and apothecaries, were elected for life by the General Court. There were three full physicians and three full surgeons, along with assistants and students. Physicians and surgeons were the only officers who did not reside in the Hospital. The apothecarywas subordinate to the physician...
St Thomas's catered for patients with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. The Hospital excluded those classed as "incurable" and the insane, but it did admit patients with venereal diseases, for which there were specialist wards. Hospital rules dictated strict segregation of the sexes and of clean from foul patients. Each ward was name...
The medical careprovided was subject to the limitations of all available treatments in the eighteenth century. Nonetheless, and despite complaints about poor sanitary conditions, most patients left the Hospital in a better state than when they entered. When John Howard visited the Hospital in September 1788 he found the "wards were fresh and clean,...
McInnes, E. M. St Thomas' Hospital. 1963.Siena, Kevin Patrick. Venereal Disease, Hospitals and the Urban Poor: London's "Foul Wards" 1600-1800. Rochester (NY), 2004.Woodward, John. To Do the Sick No Harm: A Study of the British Voluntary Hospital System to 1875. 1974.1 John Howard, An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe (Warrington, 1789), pp. 134-35. ⇑ 2 John Woodward, To Do the Sick No Harm: A Study of the British Voluntary Hospital System to 1875 (1974), pp. 126-28. ⇑ 1. Back to Top 2. Introductory Reading
St. Thomas' Hospital had its origin in the infirmary of St. Mary Overy Priory by London Bridge, founded early in the 12th century and named St. Thomas' Spital after the canonization of Thomas à Becket in 1173. (fn. 186) A disastrous fire destroyed much of the priory early in the 13th century, and in 1215 the hospital was refounded by Peter des ...
Jan 1, 2011 · In the mid 19th Century, King’s College Hospital was small in size and reputation when compared to Guy’s or St Thomas’, it was soon to become the most famous hospital in the world at the time. Under the supervision of Sister Mary, the nurses of St John’s House took charge of the hospital wards and King’s had the world’s first training school for nurses founded in 1857.
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Founded as part of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overie (meaning over the river), it was renamed The Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr following the canonisation of Thomas a Becket in 1173. This is now in the vicinity of Southwark Cathedral. Map of 16th century Southwark. London Metropolitan Archives. A fire destroyed the Priory in 1212 and ...
Sep 16, 2024 · H01/ST. Title: SAINT THOMAS' HOSPITAL. Description: CLASS A HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION. With the exception of the Letters Patent of 1551 and the Architect's Drawings, most of the records listed H01/ST/A/127 to H01/ST/A/175 date from the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 to its first major reorganisation in 1974.
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The medical schools and hospitals of Guy's (est. 1721), King's (est. 1840) and St. Thomas' (est. 1173) seem to provide a focus and a catalyst for much innovation and creativity dating back to 1608.
