Punch,  18 (1850), 182.

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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