St. Bartholomew's Octocentenary

Renewed interest in community hospitals and continuing controversy surrounding NHS finances make an examination of the hospital in modern history both topical and relevant. With the exception of St Bartholomew's and St Thomas's in London, refounded

surrounding NHS finances make an examination of the hospital in modern history both topical and relevant. With the exception of St Bartholomew's and St Thomas's in London, refounded in the 16th century, modern hospitals begin with the Westminster (1720) and Edinburgh Infirmary (1729), with provincial emulation initially in the county towns of southern and western England. Forty voluntary genera...

The Early Diagnosis of Malignant Disease

A note on the patterns of quantitative serological tests in late syphilis.

SEROLOGICAL TESTS IN LATE SYPHILIS* BY A. REDMOND, C. S. NICOL, and R. A. SHOOTER From Sr. Bartholomew's Hospiial, London Since January, 1949, all patients with late syphilis attending the Special Treatment Centre of St. Bartholomew's Hospital have had quantitative Wassermann reactions performed on their sera before and after treatment. 83 patients have been investigated by monthly tests for a ...

Effectiveness of the call-out system for a London Coronary Ambulance service.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, in the City of London, has for many years run a Coronary Ambulance service, called by the public via the 999 system. During a 9-month period only 55% of 214 cardiac emergencies arriving at St Bartholomew's Hospital came with Coronary Ambulance support, although the service was available if called. In cases where the Coronary Ambulance was summoned, the call-out was in...

Caring for the sick poor in St Bartholomew's Exchange: 1580-1676.

The first part of this essay looks at the care of the sick poor in one small London parish, St Bartholomew's Exchange (see map, figure 1), between the 1580s and the 1670s. The second part puts some question-marks around the interpretation that I give to the parish material. The care of the sick poor appears to have analogies with the later care of the sick poor in hospitals, but in the second p...