Guy's Hospital

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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
After returning to London, she worked at Guy's Hospital in Southwark.
Bellamy, Joyce M., and John Saville, editors. Dictionary of Labour Biography. Macmillan, 1972–2024.
viii: 104
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 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...
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...
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;...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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