Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . , chemical laboratories,library, besides every appurtenance that modernscience has devised for medical institutions of thefirst magnitude. Close by, a commodious theatrewas erected by Dr. Edward Grainger, whose earlyilcilh, in 182,5, was a loss to the medical the age of twenty-two, he commenced here acourse of lectures on anatomy and phj iolo j . buthis pupils increasing beyond the capacities of his 96 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Southwark. theatre, he built a larger room, and turned theformer into a museum. Passin
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . , chemical laboratories,library, besides every appurtenance that modernscience has devised for medical institutions of thefirst magnitude. Close by, a commodious theatrewas erected by Dr. Edward Grainger, whose earlyilcilh, in 182,5, was a loss to the medical the age of twenty-two, he commenced here acourse of lectures on anatomy and phj iolo j . buthis pupils increasing beyond the capacities of his 96 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Southwark. theatre, he built a larger room, and turned theformer into a museum. Passing to the rear of the hospital buildings,amidst trees which flourish well and give a lookof cheerfulness, so delightful to many a languidsufferer when permitted to walk forth into the air, and as one of the first schools of medicine inEurope. Some idea of the magnitude of its bene-volent work may be gathered from the fact thatin the course of a year it receives into its wardsupwards of in-patients, and affords medicalrelief to upwards of 70,000 out-patients, including. the visitor reaches the museum. This is a neatedifice, comprising a valuable surgical collection,the principal feature of which is a vast variety ofwax models, illustrative of the wonders of the humanframe, and of remarkable cases of disease. Guys Hospital, we need scarcely add, has longheld a prominent position among the philanthropicinstitutions in this country, both in respect to thegreat scope of the charity it dispenses as a hospital, a large number of minor accidents and urgentsurgery cases, and upwards of 2,000 lying-in women,who are attended to at their own homes. It should also be stated that a fund has beenestablished for relieving the families of deservingand very poor patients in Guys Hospital, by giftsof coal and other provisions, and in some instancesby money. The chief distress of mothers andchildren must be during the absence of their South warlc] THE HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF. 97
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