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St Olave's Hospital

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Built originally as the Rotherhithe Infirmary in the early 1870s. It became the infirmary of St Olave's Union in 1875, and was renamed St Olave's Hospital in 1930. In 1966 it became part of the Guy's Hospital Teaching Group. The site has since been redeveloped as housing.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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St Olave's Hospital

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Michael Caine - Southwark Park Road

Michael Caine unveiled his own plaque.

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Finsen light cure

Finsen light cure

The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark.  After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.

Concept, Medicine, Denmark, Iceland / Faroe Islands

1 memorial
London School of Tropical Medicine

London School of Tropical Medicine

This school was founded in 1899 at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital by Patrick Manson, the Chief Medical Officer to the Colonial Office. The School moved to he Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. The ...

Group, Medicine

2 memorials
Christine Murrell

Christine Murrell

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Person, Gender Issues, Medicine

1 memorial
Dr. Joseph Rogers

Dr. Joseph Rogers

Health care reformer. The picture source, an article on Rogers in the British Medical Journal, 16/12/1989, was kindly brought to my attention by one of its authors, Ruth Richardson.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial