St Bartholomew's Hospital, City of London, Greater London
Horse-drawn vehicles waiting outside the gatehouse to St Bartholomew's Hospital. The gatehouse was built in 1702 by Edward Strong, then rebuilt in 1834 and restored in 1985. The hospital is built on the site of the Medaieval Priory and hospital of St Bartholomew the Great. It was refounded in 1544, three surgeons being appointed in 1549, and the number of sisters increased to 12 in 1551. In 1568, Dr Rodrigo Lopez was appointed as the first physician. He was hanged at Tyburn in 1594, accused of attempting to poison the Queen. William Harvey became chief physician from 1609-33. Medical students are not recorded there until 1662.
