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Mental Health Foundation

Categories: Medicine

From the Picture source: "Our knowledge, informed by rigorous research and practical based study, has been pioneering change for more than 60 years and we aren't afraid to challenge the status quo or tackle difficult or under researched issues."

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Mental Health Foundation

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Lorne House

Not the style, but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one in B...

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Broderick Dewhurst

Broderick Dewhurst

Clinical nurse manager. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Broderick Arthur Dewhurst was born on 21 March 1955 in Blackburn, Lancashire, the son of Albert Dewhurst and ...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Born in Whitechapel. She was the first female doctor to be trained in Britain and went on to promote the medical training of women at a time when medicine was an all-male profession.  Elder sister ...

Person, Gender Issues, Medicine

3 memorials
East End Maternity Hospital

East End Maternity Hospital

The splendid Lost Hospitals of London gives a full history.  In summary: Opened as the Mothers' Lying-In Home in Glamis Road, Shadwell. 1889 moved to number 396 Commercial Road and by WW1 it had ex...

Group, Medicine

2 memorials
Beth Holim / Spanish and Portuguese Jewish hospital

Beth Holim / Spanish and Portuguese Jewish hospital

This institution, Beth Holim, originated in Leman Street in 1748, moving to Mile End, the site of what is now Albert Stern House, in 1790.  The site was already in use as a Jewish women’s hospital ...

Group, Medicine

3 memorials
Normansfield Asylum

Normansfield Asylum

See Lost Hospitals of London for an excellent history of this hospital. Briefly: The White House, a mansion with 5 acres of grounds, was built in 1866.  Dr Langdon Down and his wife Mary bought it ...

Group, Children, Medicine

1 memorial