One of the Kirkbride Buildings, built in the mid to late 19th century as part of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. This building, along with the other Kirkbride Buildings, have since been demolished. The ...

Nurses were said to be self-sacrificing and morally superior and would thus create order out of the chaos of the 19th century hospital. Focusing on nurses' virtues also helped nurses in their long ...

Though there was growth in the number of hospitals in the early 19th century, conditions for patients were generally poor. Wards were often cramped and rarely cleaned, so infection spread rapidly.

The Dissection Registers of the St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College are a rich source of information about how medical education took place in the 19th and early 20th century. The digitisation ...