The Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster. Engraving by J. Shury after T. H. Shepherd.

  • Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
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The Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster. Engraving by J. Shury after T. H. Shepherd. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This print shows the first Lock Hospital to be founded solely for treating sufferers from venereal disease. Bromfeild was the physician involved. The hospital closed in 1841, moving to Paddington, this building was demolished in 1842

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[London]

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1 print : engraving ; image 5.8 x 4.7 cm

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Lock Hospital Hyde Park Corner

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B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 177/88 [p.418]

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Wellcome Collection 39749i

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