Building    From /10/1922 

First refraction hospital in the world

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Formed as the London Refraction Hospital (or the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians), became the Institute of Optometry in 1988.

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First refraction hospital in the world

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Institute of Optometry

In the correspondence pages of the 1927 BMJ the man named on the plaque, Fran...

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Old Operating Theatre

Old Operating Theatre

It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The odd location is explained by the fact that it abutted the female surgical ward of St Thomas's. The hospital began to mov...

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1 memorial
Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland

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Margaret Pyke Centre

Margaret Pyke Centre

One of the first family planning clinics, founded in 1968 in Charlotte Street, by Jean Medawar and David Pyke.

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Kenneth Smedley MacLean, FRCP

Kenneth Smedley MacLean, FRCP

Emeritus Physician at Guy's. Lived in Woldingham. His obituary by the Royal College of Physicians gives much information about the man. Kenneth Smedley MacLean was born on 22 November 1914, the e...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine

1 memorial
Rahere

Rahere

Founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier...

Person, Medicine, Politics & Administration

2 memorials