Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: The Metropolitan Hospital of London

  • The Metropolitan Hospital of London

    The Metropolitan Hospital was founded in 1836 to provide medical care to the indigent of London’s East End, with two physicians and three surgeons offering their services free of charge. In 1885 the hospital was moved to Kingsland Road. In 1896 two six-bed wards on the ground floor were reserved for Jewish patients, a Jewish…