The Hospital for Tropical Diseases was founded on an ex-naval ship in 1821, before moving to the Royal Greenwich Hospital, and thence to the Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. Several further moves later, and it can now be found within UCL Hospital.
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Hospital for Tropical Diseases
This building housed the London School of Tropical Medicine and the Hospital ...
Born Elizabeth Cadwaladr, also known as Beti Cadwaladr, Betsi Davis, and Elizabeth Davis. Welsh nurse. Began nursing on travelling ships in the 1820s and later nursed in the Crimean War alongside ...
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...
It was saved from demolition by the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group and was converted to offices.
"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
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