Building    From 1835 

St Mark's Hospital

Categories: Medicine

A hospital specialising in intestinal disorders. Founded by Frederick Salmon to treat patients with anorectal disorders (anus and rectum) - always good to learn a new word. It was one of the first specialist hospitals. Now part of the NHS.

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St Mark's Hospital

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St Mark's Hospital

Site of St Mark's Hospital, founded by Frederick Salmon, 1835. City of London

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G.P. Research Club

G.P. Research Club

A meeting of the club is held twice a year, at which various papers, from research ideas through to completed, published studies are presented. BJGP tells that this nationwide club was founded by ...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
Percy Lane Oliver

Percy Lane Oliver

Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service. Born in Fish Street, St Ives, Cornwall. In 1921, he helped found the Camberwell division of the British Red Cross Society, and conceived the idea...

Person, Medicine, Philanthropy

1 memorial
John Rae

John Rae

Arctic explorer. Born at the Hall of Clestrain, near Stromness, Orkney Islands. He studied medicine and became doctor to the Hudson Bay Company. From 1846 to 1848 he undertook several expeditions t...

Person, Exploring, Medicine, Arctic & Antarctic, Canada, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Lord Brock

Lord Brock

Surgeon. Born Russell Claude Brock at 840 Old Kent Road, London. While working in America he developed an interest in thoracic surgery. He pioneered several new techniques, including open-heart sur...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine, USA

1 memorial