George Murray Humphry was appointed surgeon to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in 1842 at the age of only 22, and this gave him the distinction of being the youngest surgeon in England. Humphry with George Paget, physician to Addenbrooke’s, were instrumental in forging the links between the hospital and the University to make a clinical school in …
Month: August 2019
Pharmacy
This is one of my favourite images from the Archives collection at Addenbrooke's Hospital AHPH1/2/87 Pharmacy at Old Addenbrooke's probably taken in the early 1920s. Showing an apprentice in a protective apron using a tincture press, with a mortar and pestle in the foreground. The Pharmacy staff at Addenbrooke's today have started a Twitter account @CUH_Pharmacy …
The benefits of Champagne
I recently came across this entry in the minutes of the Drug and Instrument Committee held on 26 Feb 1909: 'The Dispenser reported that the cupboard in which he keeps the champagne, brandy etc. had been burst open one night during the week, as some Champagne was required for a case in one of the …
The Right Reverend Thomas Turton
This is another of the portraits we have in the hospital archives . The Right Reverend Thomas Turton who was born in Hatfield, West Riding in 1780, where his father was a Surgeon & Apothecary - and he died in 1864 in London. He was the Bishop of Ely from 1845-1864 and a benefactor to …
The Eleanor Cripps Diabetes and Endocrine Centre
Just over 20 years ago in April 1999 Lord Butterfield opened the new diabetes and endocrine Centre at Addenbrooke's. The new centre was called the The Eleanor Cripps Diabetes and Endocrine Centre as a tribute to Eleanor Cripps who died of kidney failure after having longstanding diabetes. The new centre was made possible by the …
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