Category: Medicine

Photo of the Crick building by Daniel Hausherr
Camden
David Brown

Medical Camden

Medicine and Camden This post lists the blogs that have been created on the Camden Guides blog site under the Medicine and Camden theme, divided between ‘people’ and ‘institutions’. Medical

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Drawing of 49 Great Ormond Street 1882
Bloomsbury
Kirstie Shedden

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Today there are few people who haven’t heard of the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for children. Just off Queen Square in Bloomsbury, the hospital treats thousands of children

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Picture of Cleveland Street Workhouse under development by Richard Cohen
Fitzrovia
Richard Cohen

The Cleveland Street Workhouse

On the south-western edge of the borough of Camden on the border between Fitzrovia and Marylebone stands a historic building which served the poor and infirm of Central London for

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Photo of Italian Hospital, Queen Square by Robin Sones
Bloomsbury
Freda Dahl-Nielsen

Unusual Hospitals of Camden

If you have been reading Camden Guides blogs in recent weeks you will have seen the rich history it has with medicine.  Today it is the home of some of

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phot0 of Queen Square by Julian Osley
Bloomsbury
David Brown

Queen Square: a medical miscellany

Queen Square (note singular and no apostrophe) is a peaceful garden, a delightful place to visit, a little off the beaten track, and today surrounded by buildings many of which

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Photo of statue of Louisa Aldrich-Blake in Tavistock Square
Bloomsbury
Alan Fortune

Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake

Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake (1865-1925), medical pioneer The daughter of a clergyman, Louisa Aldrich-Blake showed early signs of being destined for a medical career when, aged 8, she set up

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Picture of the Taking the Cure Tile
Hampstead
Chris Wilkins-Molloy

Taking the cure

The lost healing wells of Camden We have been reading about notable women involved in the more traditional forms of medical treatment in Camden.  This week we have gone in

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