Concept    From 1896 

Finsen light cure

Categories: Medicine

Countries: Denmark, Iceland / Faroe Islands

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.

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Finsen light cure

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Queen Alexandra statue

{On a large bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Her Majesty Queen Alex...

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Michael Balint

Michael Balint

Psychoanalyst. Born Mihály Maurice Bergsmann in Budapest. He worked in Berlin before returning to Hungary. In the 1930s the political conditions forced him to move to Britain, settling in Mancheste...

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1 memorial
Indian doctors in the NHS

Indian doctors in the NHS

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Group, Medicine, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
Molly Pritchard

Molly Pritchard

Psychiatrist and wife of furniture designer Jack Pritchard. Born as Rosemary Cooke.

Person, Friend / family, Medicine

1 memorial
Princess Royal Nurses Home

Princess Royal Nurses Home

Foundation stone laid by The Princess Royal, 7th July 1933, in the presence of 11 "children of England". 

Building, Medicine

1 memorial

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Elgar Plaque Fund

Elgar Plaque Fund

We cannot find any information about this group, so presumably it is now defunct.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial