"Guy's Hospital for Incurables". An illustration from John Stow's Survey of London (1755).

Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south London. It is administratively a part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas's Hospitals (formerly known as the GKT School of Medicine). Image File history File links Guys_Hospital_from_John_Stows_Survey_of_London_(1755). ... Image File history File links Guys_Hospital_from_John_Stows_Survey_of_London_(1755). ... The logo of the NHS for England. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough, located on the south side of the River Thames. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Kings College London in London is the largest and second longest member college in the federal University of London, with 21,300 registered students (2003-04). ... The GKT (Guys, Kings and St Thomas) School of Medicine, London, was the name given to the medical school faculty of Kings College London. ...

It was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy (1644/45-December 27th 1724), a publisher who had made a fortune in the South Sea Bubble. It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital. // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... Hogarthian image of the South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, Tate Gallery More well known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the South Sea Bubble (1711 - September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720. ... Saint Thomas’ Hospital. ...

Guy's has expanded over the centuries. In 1974 it added the 34 storey Guy's Tower. At 143 metres (469 feet) high, this is the 11th tallest building in London and the tallest hospital building in the world. Other buildings on the Guy's campus include the original 18th century chapel. The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

On 31 October 2005 children's departments at Guy's moved to the newly constructed Evelina Children's Hospital. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Evelina Childrens Hospital is a specialist NHS hospital in London. ...

The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases was built following a generous donation from the Wolfson Foundation. This centre brings under one roof a number of research groups dedicated to improving outcomes of conditions including Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury. The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases (CARD) is based at the Guys Hospital campus of Kings College London. ... The Wolfson Foundation is a registered charity based in London, UK. It was established in 1955 and aims to support the arts, education, health, humanities, research, science and technology. ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted. ... Spinal cord injury, or myelopathy, is a disturbance of the spinal cord that results in loss of sensation and mobility. ...

Famous physicians who worked at Guy's

• Thomas Addison, discoverer of Addison's disease
• Thomas Hodgkin, discoverer of Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Richard Bright, discoverer of Bright's disease
• Sir Astley Cooper, discoverer of the Cooper's ligaments of the breasts
• Edward Cock, surgeon and nephew of Sir Astley Cooper
• Sir Samuel Wilks
• Sir Frederick Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins
• Sir William Withey Gull, the first to describe myxoedema
• James Hinton, otologist
• John Hilton, great anatomist and surgeon
• Humphry Osmond, psychiatrist who worked with psychedelic drugs and coined the term
• John Butterfield, Baron Butterfield
• Frederick William Pavy, worked with Richard Bright, one of the founders and presidents of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
• John Braxton Hicks, obstetrician, discoverer of the Braxton Hicks uterine contractions
• Gerard Folliott Vaughan, UK psychiatrist, who became a politician and minister of state during Margaret Thatcher's government

Thomas Addison (1793 - June 29, 1860) was a physician at Guys Hospital who worked in the team of doctors led by Sir Astley Paston Cooper. ... Addisons disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, or hypocortisolism) is a rare endocrine disorder, first described by British physician Thomas Addison. ... Thomas Hodgkin (b. ... Hodgkins lymphoma, formerly known as Hodgkins disease, is a type of lymphoma described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832, and characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. ... Richard Bright Richard Bright (September 28, 1789-December 16, 1858) was an English physician, who was one of the early pioneers in the research of kidney diseases. ... Brights Disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. ... Sir Astley P. Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart. ... Coopers ligaments are the connective tissue in the breast that holds them up. ... The term breast, also known by the Latin mamma in anatomy, refers to the upper ventral region of an animals torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. ... Edward Cock (1805-1892), British surgeon, was a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. ... Samuel Wilks Sir Samuel Wilks (1824-1911), British physician and biographer. ... Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (June 20, 1861 – May 16, 1947) was an English biochemist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929 with Christiaan Eijkman for the discovery of vitamins. ... A Vitamin is an organic molecule required by a living organism in minute amounts for proper health. ... Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (December 31, 1816 - January 29, 1890) was an English physician. ... Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. ... James Hinton (1822 - December 16, 1875) was an English surgeon and author. ... John Hilton (1804 – September 14, 1878), British surgeon, was born at Castle Hedingham, in Essex. ... Greek anatome, from ana-temnein, to cut up), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things; thus there is animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytonomy). ... Humphry Fortescue Osmond (July 1, 1917 - February 6, 2004) was a British psychiatrist, known for coining the word psychedelic and his groundbreaking research in using psychedelic drugs in medical research. ... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... William John Hughes Butterfield, Baron Butterfield, OBE, FRCP (1920-22 July 2000) was a leading British medical researcher, clinician and administrator. ... William Frederick Pavy (1829-1911), British physician and physiologist, discoverer of Pavys disease, a cyclic or recurrent physiologic albuminuria. ... The Medical and Chirurgical Society of London was a learned society of physicians and surgeons which was founded in 1805 by 26 personalities in these fields who had left the Medical Society of London (founded 1773) because of disagreement with the autocratic style of its president, James Sims. ... John Braxton Hicks (1823–1897) was a 19th century English doctor who specialised in obstetrics. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy The uterus or womb is the major female reproductive organ of most mammals, including humans. ... Sir Gerard Folliot Vaughan (June 11, 1923-July 29, 2003) was a psychiatrist and UK politician, who reached ministerial rank during the Thatcher administration. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British politician. ...

See also

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External links

• Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
• Guy's & St Thomas' Charitable Foundation
• Wolfson Centre for Age Related Diseases