Ancient Arts of Anesthesia Are Unlocked « http://www.healthy.net/library/newsletters/update/anethesia.htm | | Report that excavation of the medieval soutra hospital near edinburgh showed that some 200 herbs and spices were used as medicines , reproduced in today's healthy news. |
City of Winchester: Hospital of St Cross « http://www.cityofwinchester.co.uk/history/html/st_cross.html | | An illustrated history of this almshouse founded in the 1130s by bishop henry of blois for 13 poor men , and enlarged in the 15th century by cardinal beaufort. |
Domus Dei, Portsmouth, UK « http://www.hants.gov.uk/discover/places/domusdei.html | | Hantsweb gives the history of hospice founded by peter de rupibus , the crusader bishop of winchester , in 1212 , fire-bombed in 1941. includes photograph. |
Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury « http://eastbridgehospital.org.uk | | The official site gives an illustrated introduction to the medieval hospital of st. thomas the martyr , and greyfriars chapel , the only surviving part of a franciscan friary. includes visitor information. |
Heritage of Mercy « http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Articles/Heritage.htm | | Jean manco explains the development of medieval hospitals and almshouses in britain. article first published in medieval history. |
Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France « http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfr/091599/091599hoteldieu.htm | | A history , description and expandable thumbnail photographs of this surviving medieval hospital , now a museum , by canadian visitor sara genn. from saraphina travelogue. |
Innocenti Hospital « http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/monu/ospinn.htm | | Gloria chiarini describes the ospedale degli innocenti in florence , founded in 1419 for orphans and abandoned children , and designed by filippo brunelleschi. part of the florence art guide. |
Maison Dieu, Faversham « http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=15845 | | A monastic hospital founded by henry iii about a. d. 1230 and now a museum. the official town guide provides a history , images and visitor information. |
Medieval Hospitals of Oxfordshire « http://www.wantage.com/museum/Local_History/Medieval%20Hospitals.pdf | | Margaret markham gives a history and description: endowments , diagnosis and treatment , internal life , dedications , buildings and locations. includes foundation dates and brief details of individual hospitals. [pdf]. |
Medieval Hospitals of Kent « http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/history/medhist/page16_hospital.html | | Ian coulson introduces the topic , gives a list of early hospitals and almshouses in the county , with foundation dates , and a plan and reconstruction drawing of st john's hospital , canterbury , the oldest hospital in england. |
Mediweb: The Royal and Ancient Hospital of St Bartholomew « http://www.themediweb.net/Lecture/historyofmedicine/introduction.htm | | An illustrated history of the monastic hospital founded by rahere in 1123 at smithfield , just outside london's city walls , which evolved into a modern teaching hospital. |
Soutra Aisle « http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst8386.html | | Brief mention of the excavation of a 14th-century augustinian hospital in scotland , with a photograph of a related standing building. |
St John's Hospital, Bruges « http://www.trabel.com/brugge/bruges-hospital.htm | | A history and photographs of this large medieval hospital , now a museum , from belgium travel network. |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Archives and Museum « http://www.brlcf.org.uk/archivesandmuseums/ | | The famous teaching hospital holds archives going back to its foundation circa 1123. history and visitor information. |
The Gallery of the Hospital of the Innocents « http://www.arca.net/db/musei/innocent.htm | | An illustrated description from your way to florence of the gallery set in the early 15th-century orphanage designed by filippo brunelleschi. |