Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Middlesex Hospital
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| death | Rudyard Kipling | RK
, short-story writer, poet and journalist, died of a haemorrhage from a perforated duodenal ulcer at the Middlesex Hospital
in London. |
| Occupation | Florence Nightingale | FN
temporarily left her post at the Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen
for the Middlesex Hospital
when cholera swept through the slums of Soho. Cook, Edward. The Life of Florence Nightingale. Macmillan, 1913. 140 Dossey, Barbara Montgomery. Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer. Springhouse Corporation, 2000. 98 |
| politics | Emily Davies | ED
's friend Elizabeth Garrett
determined to become a doctor after hearing Dr Elizabeth Blackwell
lecture. When Garrett found her studies at Middlesex Hospital
impeded by the medical profession's prejudice against women, ED
helped her... |
Timeline
August 1860
Elizabeth Garrett
began her work at Middlesex Hospital as a nurse and unofficial student.
June 1861
A meeting of the Medical School Committee of the Middlesex Hospital
considered a protest from a group of male students against the dangerous innovation of female students.
September 1876
Eva Lückes
entered Middlesex Hospital
as a paying probationer; she became a certified nurse less than two years later.