Hospital Militar Conde de São Januário, Macau, China: exterior. Photograph, 18--.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
Reference:
665295i
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Description

Apparently shows the old hospital of Conde de São Januário, Macau, built in 1874 (Manuel Teixeira, op. cit., vol. 1 pp. 61-75). It was a military hospital. It was demolished in 1952 (ibid. p. 149). It was also known as the Hospital Militar de S. Januário (ibid. p. 117) or Hospital Militar de Sam Januário (foundation stone, p. 118), though named after Januário Correia de Almeida (1829-1901), Visconde and Conde de São Januário, Governor of Macau 1872-1874, not after the saint

Publication/Creation

[Macao] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 18.2 x 26.7 cm

Lettering

Hospital of San Januario Macao Lettering inscribed on mount of print catalogued

References note

P. Manuel Teixeira, A medicina em Macau, Macau: Imprensa Nacional, 1975-1976

Reference

Wellcome Collection 665295i

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