Founded by Thomas Guy in concept in 1721 but it was not until 6 January 1725 that the first sixty patients were admitted.  have a good summary of the history.  Guy's and St Thomas' are considered the two oldest teaching hospitals in London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Guy's Hospital
{Upper plaque:} In memory of Bermondsey GP, Dr. Salter, 1873 - 1945, who devo...
Alfred Salter Playground Dr Alfred Salter studied medicine at Guy's Hospital ...
(In the circle at the centre of the ‘pediment’, with a trumpeting angel on ei...
{Left hand plaque:} The Nightingale badge awarded between 1925 - 1996. {Cent...
That's all well and good, but was there a maze? All that text and not a word...
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Guy's Hospital
Jonson seems to have had a special ability with elegies for children, not lea...
{On a nearby modern plaque:} The London Bridge niche. Portland stone. The sto...
This is one of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject...
Physician. Born in Dublin. He became licensed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, then moved to London, where he practised medicine and lectured. Best known for describing the condition po...
Doctor and psychologist. Born 1 Jeffrey's Road, Clapham Road. Set up a private practice in Bayswater with her lifelong partner and friend Dr Elizabeth Honor Bone. First woman to be elected to the C...
Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Died in 377 BC
Anaesthetist. Born in Aylsham, Norfolk. Buried in Brompton Cemetery. He devised apparatus for the administration of chloroform and for the use of nitrous oxide and ether and was recognised by h...
General practitioner and medical author. Born Jack Freitag in Lublin, Poland, he emigrated to Britain with his family in 1925. He trained at Guy's Hospital, and in 1947, single-handedly took over a...
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