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- 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.
www.healthy.net/library/newsletters/update/anethesia.htm
- Caring for the Outcast - Illustrated article by Jean Manco on the medieval leper hospital in Bath, UK. Part of Bath Past.
www.jams.swinternet.co.uk/Bath/Medieval/Outcast.htm
- 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.
www.hants.gov.uk/leisure/worship/domusdei
- 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.
www.thycotic.com/guide/sights/easthosp.html
- From Liturgy to Therapy: The Hospital in History - Report on a conference in 1999, marking the 750th anniversary of the Great Hospital in Norwich, UK. Brief abstracts of papers on British and European medieval hospitals.
www.uea.ac.uk/his/wellcome/liturgy.html
- 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.
www.saraphina.com/moseyfr/091599/091599hoteldieu.htm
- 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.
www.epas.utoronto.ca/~avista/kz2001prog.html
- 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.
www.smoothhound.co.uk/tourism/london/bedlam.html
- Shelter in Old Age - Article by Jean Manco from Bath Past on the medieval Hospital of St John the Baptist, Bath, UK. Illustrations include a reconstruction.
www.jams.swinternet.co.uk/Bath/Medieval/Shelter.htm
- 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.
www.cee.hw.ac.uk/%7enick/perstu/midloth/towns/soutra.sht
- St John's Hospital, Bruges - A history and photographs of this large medieval hospital, now a museum, from Belgium Travel Network.
www.trabel.com/brugge/bruges-hospital.htm
- 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.
www.sns.it/html/Groups/Archeo/S.Luca/Hosp.html
- 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.
www.hiddenlondon.com/stbartsmus.htm
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