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Beds for tuberculosis patients
Unknown, 1928, Photograph
Beds for tuberculosis patients
Beds for tuberculosis patients
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Item no
21177
Title
Beds for tuberculosis patients at Colinton Mains Pavilion Hospital, 1928
Description
The narrow ward is lined with metal-framed beds on one side. The beds are made with blankets and a couple of pillows. A nurse stands in the midst of the row of beds, and another at the end. The nurses wear uniform with white aprons and caps. Most of the beds are empty, but patients lie on some. Between each bed is a window and lamps are attached to the walls above each bed. Opposite the beds are windows that run the length of the ward. A row of lampshades hang on the ceiling.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1928
Size
11.4 x 15.6 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh's City Hospital was situated immediately to the south of Craiglockhart Hill, to the east of Colinton Mains Road. The building was designed by Robert Morham and opened in 1903 as the City Hospital for Infectious Diseases. The hospital had moved from a site at High School Yards in the centre of Edinburgh where it had been known as the City Fever Hospital. City Hospital closed in 2002 and was redeveloped as housing.
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Whose Town? Iain MacLaren
ReDrawing Edinburgh: Edinburgh in 1920
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