Book Review: Artificial Limbs.

This book review published in The London Hospital Gazette shows the effects of war on medical developments.

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"Our Warrior Nurses"

This article from the London Hospital Gazette describes the different types of work nurses from the London Hospital undertool both at home and abroad.

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"Our Warrior Nurses"

This article from the London Hospital Gazette describes the different types of work nurses from the London Hospital undertool both at home and abroad.

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.

The London Hospital Gazette 1919

The London Hospital Gazette was produced throughout the war and contains stories and anecdotes from the frontline including some interesting sketches of battle plans and instructions on how to make a urinal out of items available to serving soldiers. Many of the letters and reports come from those serving with the R.A.M.C and detail the working conditions in medical hospitals on the frontline. The gazette also includes information about the  running of the London Hospital in war time and it contains medical papers which map the impact the war had on medical advancement. 

Please click on the links above to view individual pages of the Gazette. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection. 

Images Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.  

The London Hospital Gazette 1917

The London Hospital Gazette was produced throughout the war and contains stories and anecdotes from the frontline including some interesting sketches of battle plans and instructions on how to make a urinal out of items available to serving soldiers. Many of the letters and reports come from those serving with the R.A.M.C and detail the working conditions in medical hospitals on the frontline. The gazette also includes information about the  running of the London Hospital in war time and it contains medical papers which map the impact the war had on medical advancement. 

Please click on the links above to view individual pages of the Gazette. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection. 

Images Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.  

The London Hospital Gazette 1918

The London Hospital Gazette was produced throughout the war and contains stories and anecdotes from the frontline including some interesting sketches of battle plans and instructions on how to make a urinal out of items available to serving soldiers. Many of the letters and reports come from those serving with the R.A.M.C and detail the working conditions in medical hospitals on the frontline. The gazette also includes information about the  running of the London Hospital in war time and it contains medical papers which map the impact the war had on medical advancement. 

Please click on the links above to view individual pages of the Gazette. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Images Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.  

Postcard of Queen Alexandra's visit to The Royal London.

Dated September 4th 1914 the postcard shows the large crowd gathered outside the front of The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel to see Queen Alexandra as she visited the wounded soldiers at the hospital.  The back of this picture postcard reads: 'Air raid, all safe, very close, just over us, no damage to L.H.'

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Nurses leaving for war service 1914.

The picture shows nurses from the Royal London Hospital being given a warm send off by colleagues as they left for service on the front line.

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'Kaisers Enemies'. 

Pictures from a newspaper with the description 'The Kaisers Enemies (some of the little victims of the air raid, last week, at the London Hospital, where they were visited by H M the King)' The picture shows some of the young victims of the air raid over London. These children became known as 'Bombed Babies'.

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Drills on the Tennis Courts Postcard.

Dated October 19th 1914 this postcard shows students using the London Hospital tennis courts for drills. This postcard highlights how institutions and local communities contributed to the war effort by offering their land for use as military training grounds.

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.