The Guy's Hospital, in London (St.Thomas Street), was founded in 1721 by Thomas Guy.
"Guy's Hospital was opened in 1721 and from the beginning there was close co-operation with [the then nearby] St Thomas'. It was founded by a governor of St. Thomas', and given the same treasurer (Charles Joye, a person friend of Thomas Guy). Others of the administration staff came from the older hospital, including the steward, formerly a porter of St Thomas'.
Since Guy's Hospital was intended for the incurables and lunatics St Thomas' did not take, there was no spirit of rivalry. The two institutions were recognized as complementary. This closed association extended to the teaching. Students were permitteed to attend the operations and see the practice at both hospitals"1.
But after 1768, a disagreement grew up between the two institutions which eventually separated in 18362.
Today, the two hospitals are again united in the same institution: the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
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- "A Day at Guy's Hospital" by G Earle Wicham
- Arthur Edward Durham's bas-relief
- Astley Paston Cooper's memorial tablet
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- Benjamin Guy Babington's bust
- Charles Aston Key's bust
- Charles Hilton Fagge's memorial tablet
- Golding Bird's bust
- John C. W. Lever's bust
- John Fry's memorial plaque
- John Keats memorial plaque
- John Keats monument
- John Zephania Holwell's memorial tablet
- Richard Bright's bust
- Richard Mead's monument
- Shepherd's House School of Nursing
- Temple Bell
- Thomas Addison's bust
- Thomas Guy's funeral monument
- Thomas Guy's monument
- Thomas Turner's bust
- William Babington's bust
- William Babington's monument
Bibliography
- H.C.Cameron, Mr Guy's Hospital (1726-1948), Longmans, Green & Co., London 1954, pp. 520