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4 unusual facts about St. Thomas Hospital


Charles Usher

He studied medicine at St. Thomas Hospital in London, and after receiving his doctorate in 1891, he remained at St. Thomas, working under Edward Nettleship (1845-1913).

Richard Liebreich

He subsequently practiced medicine in Paris (from 1862) and London (from 1870), where he was head of ophthalmology at St. Thomas Hospital.

Szeming Sze

Dr. Sze received degrees in chemistry and medicine at Winchester College and Christ's College (1925 to 1928), Cambridge University and interned in Britain, where he was inspired by his residency at St. Thomas Hospital in a London slum to do public service, before returning to China in 1934.

Walter John Kilner

Walter John Kilner, M.D. B.A., M.B. (Cantab.) M.R.C.P., etc. (1847–1920) was a medical electrician at St. Thomas Hospital, London.



see also

City Hospital

It was broadcast live from London's flagship NHS Health Trust - Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital and The Princess Anne Maternity Hospital in Southampton.

Hydestile

From 1921, Hydestile was the site for two hospitals: King George V Hospital (formerly a TB Sanatorium) and from 1941 St. Thomas' Hospital (formed from the WWII evacuation of Lambeth teaching hospital).

Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper

Florence Nightingale selected St Thomas' Hospital as the site for her new nurse training school, largely because of Wardroper's qualities (and those of the enlightened resident medical officer, R.G. Whitfield).