Topia!: Arts: Architecture: History: Building Types: Hospitals and Asylums: Medieval (17) See Also: Society: History: By Time Period: Middle Ages Ancient Arts of Anesthesia Are Unlocked - 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. Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury - An illustrated description by Revd. David Hayes of the surviving medieval pilgrim hospice of St Thomas the Martyr, with visitor information, from the Online Guide to Canterbury. The Hospital of San Luca in Lucca - A photograph and guide to the history and archaeology of this Italian medieval hospital, from the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune, France - A history, description and expandable thumbnail photographs of this surviving medieval hospital, now a museum, by Canadian visitor Sara Genn. From Saraphina Travelogue. London Town Guide - Bedlam (Bethlehem Royal Hospital) - History of the Bethlehem Royal Hospital (c.1330 - 1930), the famous hospital for the mentally ill in London, England. No illustrations. St John's Hospital, Bruges - A history and photographs of this large medieval hospital, now a museum, from Belgium Travel Network. The Museum of St. Bartholomew's Hospital - Displays history of the now famous teaching hospital founded c.1123 in London, England. Guide and visitor information from Hidden London. International Congress on Medieval Studies, 2001 - Abstracts of paoers delivered at the conference in Kalamazoo on 'The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice: Bridging the Evidence' which includes hospital architecture. Soutra, Midlothian - Brief mention of the excavation of a 14th-century Augustinian hospital, with a photograph of a related standing building. From Nick Taylor's guide to Midlothian, hosted by Heriot-Watt University. Domus Dei, Portsmouth, UK - Hantsweb gives the history of hospice founded by Peter de Rupibus, the Crusader Bishop of Winchester, in 1212, fire-bombed in 1941. Includes photograph. Medieval Hospitals of Bath - Jean Manco explains the purpose and history of the city's earliest hospitals: St Mary Magdalen, St John's, St Catherine's, the Leper's Hospital and Bellott's. Part of Bath Past. Innocenti Hospital - 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. The Gallery of the Hospital of the Innocents - An illustrated description from Your Way to Florence of the gallery set in the early 15th-century orphanage designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The Archeological Museum at Santa Maria della Scala, Siena - An article from Crossing Magazine on the museum created in one of the world's oldest hospitals, first mentioned in 1090 as a hostel for pilgrims. Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury - 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. Medieval Hospitals of Kent - 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 Johns Hospital, Canterbury, the oldest hospital in England. Medieval Hospitals of Oxfordshire - 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. Additional categories: Knives consumer debt counseling pocket watch hat wall

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