A few months ago I was invited to give a talk on the History of Addenbrooke’s to a gardening group and they asked if I could add a bit about gardening at the Hospital!! I know there are several areas of garden on the campus including the Jubilee Garden, the Takeda Garden and the Child …
New Wing
In the mid 1920’s plans were being made to erect a new block on the north side of the hospital on Trumpington Street. This block was to have children’s wards on the ground floor and accommodation for paying patients on the first and second floors. The cost to build this wing was £27,342 and was …
Hospital Watch
While I was tidying the archives storeroom – I was expecting a visit from the Chair of Addenbrooke’s and the Chair of the University College London Hospitals, (incidentally whose father had been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon here from 1962 to 1988) – when I came across a box of video tapes. They all had the …
Kindersley Plaques
David Kindersley, the famous stone letter-carver and typeface designer, as well as designing the Kindersley typeface used on the street signs of Cambridge, was also commissioned to design an alphabet for use in the ‘new’ Addenbrooke’s. The alphabet was to have lower and upper case lettering and was used for internal and external signs. The letters were to be in …
International Women’s Day 2019
Tomorrow is International Women's Day and this year I thought it would be good hear about the life and work of one of Suffolk's most famous women. In December 1917, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, one of the most famous residents of Aldeburgh, died, writes Dr Lucy Harvard. Not only was she the first woman to qualify …
Computer Terms!
Last week I wrote about the first computers at Addenbrooke's Hospital. A few weeks ago I was given a series of publications, 'The History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings', by a retired Consultant Anaesthetist I was looking through them for links to Addenbrooke's when I came across an article by Dr Yash Pole, ('Evolution of the …
Addenbrooke’s first Computer
The story of the Addenbrooke’s Computer Unit starts in the mid 1960’s when the Hospital Board and the University’s Faculty Board of Medicine set up a joint working party to consider the role of computers in the future development of Addenbrooke's. They reported that there was a definite place for computers in the hospital and …
The first surgeons and physicians
When Addenbrooke’s first opened in 1766 it had three physicians and three surgeons. The posts were Honorary and they were elected to the post by the Governors of the Hospital. Surgeons were in general practice at the time as there were not that many surgical procedures available then. The surgeons were Richard Hayles, Allan Hopkins …
James Ward
James Ward was officially opened on 29 Jan 1999 by retired Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Peter Brook. It was a purpose built acute admissions and assessment ward on the Hills Road site for people over 65 with mental health problems. It was Dr Brook’s dream when he first joined the mental health team at Fulbourn Hospital …
Orthopaedic Department
The development of the Orthopaedic Department at the Hospital is of particular interest since in some parts of the country it was held up by the general surgeons who strongly resented the loss of patients always regarded as coming within the province of surgery. This was not the case at Addenbrooke’s. An Orthopaedic Department was …
