A man examining a Petri dish in the new Pathological Block at Guy's Hospital Medical School

Date:
20 Jun 1938
Location:
Guy's Hospital Medical School, Newcomen Street, Southwark, Greater London Authority
Reference:
MED01/01/0015
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The original caption may contain language which is historic and which may no longer be considered appropriate. It has been retained in the record in the interest of historical accuracy.

The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: “New building for a London Medical School. On Thursday the Earl of Anthlone will declare open the new Pathological Block of Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London, which has just been completed at a cost of £85,000. The building will be one of the finest research centres in the Empire. In the Pathological Block is housed the hospital’s Bacteriological Department, in which are carried out all the bacteriological examinations for the patients in the wards and for out-patients. Here also are made vaccines and other preparations for inoculation treatment. A section of the department is devoted to experimental and research work in bacteriology. But the bacteriological work is only a part of that which is being carried on in the Pathological Block. The remainder of the building is devoted to other medical research and to the teaching of the medical practitioners of the future. Photo shows:- Examining bacterial cultures in the new pathological block.”

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Content

This is part of the Series: MED01/01 Series of prints; within the Collection: MED01 Topical Press Agency Medical Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Topical Press Agency Limited

Photographer: Harrison, Norman Kingsley

Keywords

Laboratory, Hospital, Health And Welfare, People At Work, Science And Technology