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Bedlam opened for lunatics |
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1377 |
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| Bethlem Hospital, Moorfields Wellcome Library, London
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Venice builds first pest house |
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1423 |
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| St Roch tending plague victims in a lazaretto Wellcome Library, London
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Dissolution of the monasteries destroys church-funded hospitals |
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1536 |
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| St Bartholomew's Hospital Wellcome Library, London
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Daughters of Charity founded in France |
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1633 |
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| A Daughter of Charity feeding a patient Wellcome Library, London
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Edinburgh University medical school established |
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1726 |
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| Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh Wellcome Library, London
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David Garrick supports new hospital for venereal diseases |
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c. 1746 |
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| Satire on the Lock Hospital Wellcome Library, London
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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 Wellcome Library, London
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Workhouse infirmaries built for sick paupers |
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c. 1834 |
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| Birmingham workhouse infirmary, England Wellcome Library, London
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London builds Europe's largest lunatic asylum |
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1851 |
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| Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum Wellcome Library, London
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First cottage hospital founded in Surrey |
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1859 |
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| Cranleigh Village Hospital, Surrey, England Wellcome Library, London
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Florence Nightingale establishes Training School for Nurses |
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1860 |
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| Florence Nightingale at Scutari Wellcome Library, London
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Hospitals become key sites for medical science |
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c. 1860 |
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| Laboratory class, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Wellcome Library, London
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United States builds 5000 hospitals |
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c. 1920 |
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| The Jews' Hospital, New York City Wellcome Library, London
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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 Wellcome Library, London
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Pioneer Health Centre opened |
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1935 |
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| Keep-fit class on roof, Pioneer Health Centre, London. Wellcome Library, 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 Wellcome Library, London
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British hospitals become fund-holding trusts |
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c. 1985 |
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| Physiotherapist lecturing on the knee Wellcome Library, London
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Helicopters take the hospital to the roadside |
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c. 1995 |
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| HEMS helicopter, Royal London Hospital Wellcome Photo Library
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