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 Greek temples provide sanctuary for the sick |
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c. -430 |
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| Romans construct well-appointed army hospitals |
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 | Floor plan of the valetudinarium at Neuss
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| Fabiola founds Christian hospital in Latin west |
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| Hospital of St John in Jerusalem |
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c. 1080 |
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 | Jerusalem from the south
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| Lepers segregated from society in lazarettos |
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c. 1100 |
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 | The leper hospital, Amsterdam
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| Muslims build hospitals with fountains |
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c. 1200 |
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 | The Maristan Hospital, Granada, Spain
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| Bedlam opened for lunatics |
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1377 |
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 | Bethlem Hospital, Moorfields
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| Venice builds first pest house |
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1423 |
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| Dissolution of the monasteries destroys church-funded hospitals |
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1536 |
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| Daughters of Charity founded in France |
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1633 |
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| Edinburgh University medical school established |
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1726 |
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| David Garrick supports new hospital for venereal diseases |
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c. 1746 |
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| Rise of the voluntary hospital movement |
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c. 1750 |
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 | A ward in Guy's Hospital
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| Workhouse infirmaries built for sick paupers |
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c. 1834 |
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| London builds Europe's largest lunatic asylum |
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1851 |
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| First cottage hospital founded in Surrey |
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1859 |
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 | Cranleigh Village Hospital, Surrey, England
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| Florence Nightingale establishes Training School for Nurses |
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1860 |
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| Hospitals become key sites for medical science |
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c. 1860 |
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| United States builds 5000 hospitals |
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 | The Jews' Hospital, New York City
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| British Postgraduate Medical School established |
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1935 |
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 | A surgical operation at Royal Liverpool University Hospital
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| Pioneer Health Centre opened |
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 | Keep-fit class on roof, Pioneer Health Centre, London.
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| NHS takes over 2688 British hospitals |
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1948 |
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 | Nurse monitoring a patient after surgery
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| British hospitals become fund-holding trusts |
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 | Physiotherapist lecturing on the knee
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| Helicopters take the hospital to the roadside |
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