Middlesex Hospital

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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.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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, 2 vols.
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Dossey, Barbara Montgomery. Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer. Springhouse Corporation, 2000.
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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...

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August 1860: Elizabeth Garrett began her work at Middlesex...

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August 1860

Elizabeth Garrett began her work at Middlesex Hospital as a nurse and unofficial student.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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June 1861: A meeting of the Medical School Committee...

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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.
Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.

September 1876: Eva Lückes entered Middlesex Hospital as...

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September 1876

Eva Lückes entered Middlesex Hospital as a paying probationer; she became a certified nurse less than two years later.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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