Hektoen International

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  • The General Infirmary at Leeds

    JMS PearceHull, United Kingdom “The best hospitals in the world are not those which merely use new knowledge, but those which create it.”—Attributed to Sir George Pickering, 1960 Modern hospitals originated in fourth-century Byzantium. They succeed not because they housed the grandest, lavishly equipped buildings, but because of the excellence and dedication of their staff.…