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Description: | The Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital was established in 1821 by the Seamen's Hospital Society. This was one of a number of old men-o'-war used by the Society to treat sick sailors. These floating hospitals specialised in treating tropical diseases; establishing medical care on ships effectively meant the sailors were in quarantine and could not spread their diseases on the mainland. The Seaman's Hospital moved permanently to a building ashore in Greenwich in 1870, finally closing in 1986. The tropical diseases wing was moved to Euston in north London, and still survives. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Clennell | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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