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Ambulance taking discharged patientsOne of the Quex ambulances is parked outside the door of Quex House. A group of patients in hospital blues and nurses are gathered around
Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays
Nurses & Patients, Winter Garden, QuexA group of VAD nurses and patients outside the Winter Garden, Quex Park, dated February 1916. Standing beside her mother, Hannah Powell Commandant
Patients boxingQuex Park VAD Hospital patients. Entertainments and diversions were a regular part of the life of the hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919
Regatta at Marlow for Blinded Soldiers & Sailors, WW1Two photographs depicting a rowing at regatta at Marlow for blinded soldiers and sailors from St. Dunstans during the First World War
National Childrens Home, Harpenden, HertfordshireNational Childrens Home, Harpenden, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Showing Patients at Exercise - The Sanatorium Date: 1900s
TB Band, England. Tuberculosis Patients Date: 1920s
Working on patients in garden
Soldiers & sailors blinded in war learning useful tradesPatients at the Blind Soldiers and Sailors Hostel of St Dunstan in Regents Park being taught new skills to equip them for life
Queen Mary at Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis ColonyQueen Mary was indefatigable in visits she paid to hospitals and convalescent homes during World War One. Photographed here at Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony at Papworth. During WWI
The mens ward at Bethlehem Hospital, 1861. Several large potted plants are in evidence; perhaps an early example of horticultural therapy. Date: 1861
St Dunstans Hostel advertisement, WW1A full page of The Tatler devoted to reporting on the work of St. Dunstans Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors in Regents Park, London
St Dunstans periscope made by blind patientsA St. Dunstans periscope made by blind patients of St. Dunstans Hospital. Retaining original paper cover printed St. Dunstans Periscope. Made by a war-blinded man. Firearms & Equipment
Hospital at the NCH Childrens Home LondonA nurse tends two young patients at the National Childrens Home London branch. Date: Date unknown
Hospital Ward at the NCH Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, OInterior view of a sick ward at the Chipping Norton National Childrens Home. Uniformed nurses attend their young patients. Date: Date unknown
Ward at Leeds Infirmary, West YorkshireA an interior view of No.8 Ward at the Leeds Infirmary. Patients lie in their beds along both side. Two jugs and basins for washing are in the foreground. Date: Early 1900s
London Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road, EustonLondons Temperance Hospital, first opened in 1873, moved in 1885 to this site on Hampstead Road. It aimed to treat patients without the use of medicinal alcohol at a time when stimulants such as
City of London Asylum, Stone, KentPatients and nurses in the St Raphael Ward of the City of London Asylum at Stone. Date: Date unknown
Priory Hospital, Wells, SomersetPatients and staff outside the Priory Hospital at Wells. The building, formerly the Wells Union workhouse, was designed by Samuel T Welch. Date: Date unknown
Evacuating hospital patients in World War TwoEvacuating hospital patients from Westminster Hospital under the threat of air raids in World War Two. In accordance with the government evacuation scheme at the start of the war
Train Transporting Typhoid SufferersA Russian train being used as a temporary hospital specialising in treatment for patients suffering from Typhoid fever. Date: 1920
Sunday Evening Meeting in Haslar Hospital, 1858The late Sir Edward Parrys Sunday evening reading in one of the wards of Haslar Hospital, Hampshire. Date: 1858
Carols for Sick ChildA group of little girl patients with their nurse, singing Christmas carols to to a sick baby in its cot. Date: early 1930s
Bristol Sycamore Mk4 G-AMWIBristol Sycamore Mk4, G-AMWI, being loaded with stretcher patients
Manuscript Gaddiano (circa 1542). Doctors and patients in a hospital. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library)
Sports Day at Earlswood Asylum, near Redhill, 1864Engraving showing one of the running races held for the patients of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, near Redhill, 1864. A large crowd of spectators, in Victorian dress
Morning in Out-patients room in London Hospital Date: 1902
London Lock Hospital, Hyde ParkA view of the London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park. The hospital was opened in 1747 to treat patients with venereal diseases. Date: 1831
Epileptic Colony, GermanyA street scene in an unnamed colony for epileptic patients in Germany, possibly the Bethel Colony Bielefeld near Hanover. Date: 1904
The lady with the lamp (Miss Nightingale at Scutari, 1854). Florence Nightingale holding lamp in front of man. Date 1891
Washington, DC Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital. Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the hospitals. Date 1865 August
British Western Front in France - Base Hospital wardAn official First World War Press Bureau picture from the British Western Front in France showing a ward in an unidentified Base Hospital. Medical staff attend male patients. Date: circa 1914
Joyce Green Hospital WardNurses and patients in a girls ward at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Percy House Military HospitalPatients, one in a wheelchair, outside the Percy House Military Hospital during the First World War. Out of wartime, the site was a school for pauper children
Joyce Green Hospital Ambulance Trams
South-Western Hospital, Stockwell, LondonPart of the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients
Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath, WW1Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath outside a military hospital during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917
Body-StraightenersA choice of halters designed to straighten the backs and shoulders of patients inclined to curvature of the spine, rounded shoulders and other deformities. Date: 1900
Wheelchairs &cTwo wheelchairs, one for patients who can sit up, the other for those who need their legs raised : and Triumph lounger for those who need to take things really easy... Date: 1900
CRAZY JANEA wandering madwoman, doubtless driven out of her mind by some faithless man who trifled with her affections... Date: early 19th century
Hospital, ChicagoCook County Hospital is staffed by 64 house and 68 attending physicians, and 400 nurses, treating over 4000 charity patients. Date: 1916
Charles CoutelaCHARLES COUTELA French ophthalmologist, one of whose patients was Claude Monet, photographed in 1934. Date: 1876 - 1969
Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, WW1Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses during the First World War. They are in a corridor of the University of Vienna, which has been converted into a hospital ward. Date: 1914
Edward VII Memorial Hospital, MachynllethThe Edward VII Memorial Hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. The hospital, located in the former Machynlleth Union workhouse, opened in 1920 for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients
Central London Sick Asylum, HendonInterior of the Central London Sick Asylum opened in 1898 at Hendon, Middlesex. Later known as Hendon Infirmary and Colindale Hospital, it was a treatment centre for tuberculosis (TB) patients
Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, BerkshireExterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown
WWI nurse and patient by George RansteadDrawing depicting a World War I nurse appearing to be lectured by a patient wearing a suit and slippers, although maybe hes just enthusiastically conveying his appreciation
French Nurses 1930SA matron and a nurse attending to bedridden patients in one of the wards of the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s