A Fine Neighbourhood for Medical Men
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Hospitals, Sanitation, Public Health |
Following Napoleon's remark that 'the market-place [...] is the Louvre of the common people', suggests that 'Smithfield Market is the hospital of the common people', a possible reason why St Bartholomew's Hospital was built near the market. |
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