Event    From 19/12/1846 

first anaesthetic in England

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first anaesthetic in England

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Anaesthetic

The AAGBI's website provides: "On 19 December 1846, Francis Boott, an America...

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Nightingale Badge - Old

Nightingale Badge - Old

The badge was awarded to nurses who qualified from the Nightingale School at St Thomas's Hospital. Designed by Dame Alice Lloyd Still (who was matron at St Thomas's), the four arms of the cross sym...

Event, Medicine

1 memorial
St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance

The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Order of Saint John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. The St John ...

Group, Medicine

2 memorials
Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was f...

Group, Medicine, Africa, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Frederick Newland Pedley

Frederick Newland Pedley

Founded the Guy's Dental School in 1889.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Havelock Ellis

Havelock Ellis

Pioneer in the scientific study of sex. Physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Born 1 St John's Grove (now Rectory Grove), Croydon...

Person, Medicine, Social Welfare, Australia

1 memorial