Opened with 12 beds in 1845. The local German community was very large at this time and nurses were recruited from Germany from the Kaiserworth Institute. Florence Nightingale was so inspired by this place that she enrolled there in 1851. Was subsumed into the NHS in 1948. The picture source website gives the history.
Returning from the Congo in 1889 with dysentery Joseph Conrad was treated in this Hospital.
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German Hospital
In commemoration of the German Hospital which served the healthcare of the co...
The Duke's name crops up quite often around here. Not surprising given his Ge...
Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Thei...
Born in Whitechapel. She was the first female doctor to be trained in Britain...
Lived in and ran his medical practice from a house at 289, Cambridge Heath Ro...
