The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark. After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.
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Finsen light cure
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Queen Alexandra statue
{On a large bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Her Majesty Queen Alex...
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First refraction hospital in the world
Formed as the London Refraction Hospital (or the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians), became the Institute of Optometry in 1988.
1 memorial
Lewisham Hospital
The origins of this hospital go back to a workhouse established in 1612. See Lewisham Union for its early days. During WW1 it became the Lewisham Military Hospital, and after further extensions it...
2 memorials
St John Ambulance
The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Order of St John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. The St John Am...
5 memorials
German Hospital
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 th...
2 memorials
T. E. Walsby
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1915-1948. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
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