Friern Hospital, London: a woman's arms with spots, possibly smallpox. Photograph, 1890/1910.

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1890
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34166i
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Friern Hospital, London: a woman's arms with spots, possibly smallpox. Photograph, 1890/1910. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Friern Hospital, previously known as Colney Hatch Asylum, a psychiatric hospital, opened in Barnet, North London in July 1851. Initially it held 1,250 patients, but by the time it was renamed as Friern Hospital in 1937, it had been enlarged and held 2,700. The hospital closed c. 1995

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[Barnet]

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 13.3 x 10.5 cm

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Folio bears number: 18

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Wellcome Collection 34166i

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  • album of photographs of Friern Hospital

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