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Previous | Home | NextThis is an 18th century print of the St. Thomas Hospital in Southwark, where Adair Crawford first studied strontium salts and recognized them as a new earth in 1790. Adair Crawford was also lecturer at the Woolwich Military Academy {LINK: Woolwich104}, and there Cruickshank did his chemical preparations that revealed the existence of strontium. The hospital consisted of three main courtyards. The view is east from the entrance on Borough High Street. The northern portion of the hospital was removed in 1862 to become part of the London Bridge Railway Station. Notice the church tower on the extreme right (midway top to bottom), which still exists and where the Old Operating Theatre Museum is located today (see below); its surrounding buildings also still exist. The front wall of the right wing (towards the viewer on the right, and out of sight) also still exists and is part of the modern post office (see below). In the middle courtyard is located a statue of Edward VI (hidden from view in this photo), which is now in the new hospital in Lambeth. The original statue, and this drawing, can be seen at the new St. Thomas Hospital in Lambeth {LINK: London 2I-010}. This new hospital was established in 1868 after a temporary stay in the Royal Surrey Gardens, 1 km southeast of Lambeth.
