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Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Steen - The Physicians Visit J040066

Steen - The Physicians Visit J040066
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " The Physicians Visit " 1658-62 by Jan STEEN (1625/6-79). Sometimes known as The Doctors Visit

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: St Johns Hospital, Alton ME001140

St Johns Hospital, Alton ME001140
St Johns Hospital, Castle Hill, Alton, Staffordshire. Pen and ink sketch, by Peter Anson, showing the exterior of St John the Baptist. 1935

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880011

Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880011
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The secret wartime tunnels. Interior view. The Annexe Level Underground Hospital was constructed in 1941-2 to provide a medical dressing station for casualties

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Mobile midwifery med01_01_0490

Mobile midwifery med01_01_0490
Queen Charlottes Maternity Hospital And Midwifery Training School, Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London. Midwives leaving the hospital on motorised bicycles carrying analgesia

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Operating theatre med01_01_0379

Operating theatre med01_01_0379
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the operating theatre. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May 1939

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380

Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the anaesthetic room. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May1939

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Making iron lungs med01_01_0323

Making iron lungs med01_01_0323
Morris Motor Works, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford. A scene in a factory producing iron lungs for Australia. Lord Nuffield, the car magnate

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Fundraising funfair med01_01_0493

Fundraising funfair med01_01_0493
Soho Square Gardens, Westminster, Greater London. Nurses waving from the merry-go-round at The Soho Fair and Market. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in July 1939

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Severalls Hospital 33239_021

Severalls Hospital 33239_021
Colchester, Essex. The disused Severalls Hospital, formerly the Second Essex County Asylum, 2016

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Mobile infant welfare unit MED01_01_2635

Mobile infant welfare unit MED01_01_2635
Borough General Hospital, Tremona Road, Shirley Warren, City of Southampton. Nurses posed by a van of the mobile infant welfare unit at Borough General Hospital

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26207

Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26207
War Memorial Arch, Memorial Park, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London. The front of the War Memorial Arch and colonnade at Guys Hospital, commemorating those lost in the First World War

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Care for the elderly med01_01_0235

Care for the elderly med01_01_0235
Welfield Home For Aged And Infirm Women, Wellfield Road, Hatfield New Town, Hertfordshire. A view of a ward. Originally the Hatfield Parish Workhouse, the building was constructed in 1788

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Radiography MED01_01_0123

Radiography MED01_01_0123
St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, City Of London. A surgeon examining an x-ray photograph at the Mozelle Sasson High Voltage X-Ray Therapy Department at St Bartholomews Hospital

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Blood supply MED01_01_0922

Blood supply MED01_01_0922
Army Blood Supply Depot, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, City Of Bristol. Two men transferring blood from small donation bottles into large glass Winchester bottles. Plasma transfusion

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Barnsley Hall Hospital EAR017085

Barnsley Hall Hospital EAR017085
Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Designed by George Thomas Hine and opened in 1907, since closure in 1966 it has now mostly been demolished

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Royal opening of Birmingham General Hospital BL14150_001

Royal opening of Birmingham General Hospital BL14150_001
BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, Steelhouse Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (formerly Princess Helena)

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880017

Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880017
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The secret wartime tunnels. Interior view of a kitchen. The Annexe Level Underground Hospital was constructed in 1941-2 to provide a medical dressing station for casualties

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880008

Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880008
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The secret wartime tunnels. Interior view. The Annexe Level Underground Hospital was constructed in 1941-2 to provide a medical dressing station for casualties

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Hospital kitchen, Guys Hospital CC46_00241

Hospital kitchen, Guys Hospital CC46_00241
Guys Hospital, The Borough, Greater London. Two cooks working in the kitchen. Photographed by Marshall Keene and Company between 1925 and 1939

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899

Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899
St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen. The hospital was built by the Diocese of Westminster in 1912 for paying patients

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Open air ward BL23137

Open air ward BL23137
WOBURN ABBEY, Bedfordshire. The open air isolation ward in the military hospital showing injured soldiers lying in bed. Open-air treatment was used to treat infections

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Military hospital BL23135

Military hospital BL23135
WOBURN ABBEY, Bedfordshire. Open-air ward in the military hospital showing nurses and injured soldiers on the ward. Open-air treatment was used to treat infections

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Child in hospital BL12178_001

Child in hospital BL12178_001
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond Street, London. Interior view. A young patient in bed on the Clarence Ward. The Hospital for Sick Children later became known as Great Ormond Street

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Childrens ward BL12177

Childrens ward BL12177
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond Street, London. Interior of the Clarence Ward showing nurses and children. The Hospital for Sick Children later became known as Great Ormond Street

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Italian Hospital, London 1903 BL17920_011

Italian Hospital, London 1903 BL17920_011
ITALIAN HOSPITAL, Holborn, London. Interior view of a ward at the Italian Hospital with a young boy resting in his bed and a nurse in a distinctive uniform

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital BL14826

Cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital BL14826
BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands. View along the cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere, May 1898

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880020

Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880020
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The secret wartime tunnels. Interior view. The Annexe Level Underground Hospital was constructed in 1941-2 to provide a medical dressing station for casualties

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Royal Northern Hospital BL08707

Royal Northern Hospital BL08707
ROYAL NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Holloway Road, Holloway, Islington, Greater London. Interior of the out-patients waiting room, showing poeple waiting to be seen

Background imageBefore the NHS Collection: Great Northern Central Hospital 1888 BL08708

Great Northern Central Hospital 1888 BL08708
GREAT NORTHERN CENTRAL HOSPITAL, Holloway Road, London. Interior view of the number 2 Male Ward showing nursing staff and patients. Photographed by Bedford Lemere, 11th June 1888


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