Bellamy, Joyce M., and John Saville, editors. Dictionary of Labour Biography. Macmillan, 1972–2024.
viii: 104
Guy's Hospital
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | John Keats | After apprenticeship to a barber-surgeon, JK
embarked on the study of medicine at Guy's Hospital
, where he duly qualified as an apothecary. |
| Employer | Margaret Harkness | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Susanna Cooper | The next son, Astley Paston Cooper
, was born on 23 August 1768 after a difficult pregnancy, the first of the family to be born at Brooke Hall. Unlike MSC
's other children, he was... |
| Health | E. Nesbit | The stomach pains that EN
suffered after her husband's death turned out to be symptoms of a duodenal ulcer. She was admitted to Guy's Hospital
for an operation from which it was feared she might... |
| Health | Valentine Ackland | An operation was carried out by Sir Hedley Atkins, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on April 10th to remove the cancerous lump, at the Nuffield Ward of Guy's Hospital
in London. A... |
| politics | Elizabeth Heyrick | EH
was enabled to begin prison-visiting through the influence of her brother-in-law William Heyrick
, a magistrate. She began paying the jail-fees necessary to secure the freedom of poor people who had been jailed for... |
Timeline
1173: St Thomas's Hospital in London was dedicated;...
Building item
1173
St Thomas's Hospital
in London was dedicated; it may have originated in the infirmary of the Priory of St Mary Overy
in Southwark.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
52-57, 277
1726: Guy's Hospital was opened as a voluntary...
Building item
1726
Guy's Hospital
was opened as a voluntary hospital alongside St Thomas's Hospital
; the two United Hospitals of the Borough
[of Southwark] jointly undertook medical teaching.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
52-57, 277
1827: Dr Richard Bright, working at Guy's Hospital...
Building item
1827
Dr Richard Bright
, working at Guy's Hospital
in London, described the symptoms of a complex kidney disorder which became known as Bright's disease.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
291
Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
186
1868: Using a donated building, Ellen Ranyard began...
Building item
1868
Using a donated building, Ellen Ranyard
began training poor women to become home care nurses; in the programme's inaugural year, 5,000 visits were made to 99 patients.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
129
30 January 1990: Surgeons at Guy's Hospital in London performed...
Building item
30 January 1990
Surgeons at Guy's Hospital
in London performed the first surgical operation on a baby still in the womb.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
499
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