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Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy in 1721, located in the borough of Southwark in central London.It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
The year 1721 in science and technology involved some significant events. ... Thomas Guy founds Guy's Hospital in London to treat "incurables" discharged from St ...
Statue of Thomas Guy in the courtyard of Guy's Hospital Guy Meeting with Others to Discuss his Hospital. In 1704, Guy became a governor of St Thomas' Hospital, in London. He gave £1000 to the hospital in 1707 and further large sums later. In 1721, having quintupled his fortune the previous year, he decided to found a new hospital "for incurables."
He practised as a physician, and was the Treasurer of Guy's Hospital. ... 20 January 1720 to 4 January 1721, edited by Thomas Gordon (reissued 1732-5 and 1743).
[10] [11] [12] Thomas Guy, a governor of St Thomas', founded Guy's Hospital in 1721 as a place to treat 'incurables' discharged from St Thomas'. [13] St Thomas's Hospital Medical School was founded in 1550 and was sited across St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital.
A statue of Clayton now stands at the north entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital and is Grade I listed. [9] In 1721 Sir Thomas Guy, a governor of St Thomas', founded Guy's Hospital as a place to treat 'incurables' discharged from St Thomas'. [10]
A statue of poet John Keats is situated in an alcove in the grounds of Guy's Hospital in the Southwark district of London. It was sculpted by Stuart Williamson and unveiled in 2007. Keats was a trainee doctor at the hospital. [1]
The courtyard of Guy's Hospital, by J. Pass, 1799. At the beginning of the period, London had two main hospitals: St. Bartholomew's and St. Thomas's. [132] Beginning in the 1720s, there was a movement to build new hospitals using charitable donations, which were called "voluntary" hospitals. Donors could nominate patients to receive free ...