Publisher's Synopsis
The names given to the 4000 or so British hospitals are many and varied, with the eponyms being perhaps the most interesting, particularly when the circumstance surrounding the choice of name is known.;The names listed in this book fall into six categories: famous people, perhaps a local dignitary; doctors and nurses of renown such as Addenbrooke, Maudsley and Florence Nightingale; royalty and aristocracy; benefactiors, who emerge from a variety of backgrounds; and saints, whose names are often associated with the older hospitals, some of which were founded in the Middle Ages when religious orders were largely responsible for the institutional care of the sick. The final chapter deals with a miscellaneous collection of names of sufficient interest to warrant attention.;This book should be of interest both to students of medical history and to more general readers.
