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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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