St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth: from the north bank of the river Thames, in front of New Scotland Yard, traffic on Westminster Bridge in the foreground. Wood engraving, 1871.

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1871
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25049i
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The distinct pavilion blocks of the hospital, reflecting the influence of Florence Nightingale's Ǹotes on hospitals', 1863, can be clearly discerned in this print. See G. Goldin, 'Building a hospital of air, the Victorian pavilions of St Thomas's Hospital', Bull. Hist. Med., XLIX (1975), 512

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1871

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 19 x 53.2 cm

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St. Thomas's Hospital on the Albert Embankment ; opened by her Majesty June 21, 1871

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Wellcome Collection 25049i

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