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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth. Engraving by Eastgate.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north. Engraving, 1775.

St. Luke's Hospital, Moorfields (top), Bethlem Hospital (middle), and St. Paul's School (bottom), London: the facade of each. Engraving by J. Peltro.

The story of Bethlehem Hospital from its foundation in 1247 / by Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue.

Bethlem Hospital, London. Oil painting.

A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Lambeth, Pimlico, Southwark and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with part of London Wall in the foreground, and a muck-raker scraping at the cobblestones. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1814, after himself, June 1812.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the entrance facade (above), and plans (below), with separate keys to male and female sides, and a scale of feet. Engraving by Roffe after P. Hardwick.

The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital : records handbook / Institute of Psychiatry (University of London).

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth. Engraving, 1816.

Statistics of insanity : being a decennial report of Bethlem Hospital, from 1846 to 1855 inclusive / by W. Charles Hood.

Observations on the admission of medical pupils to the wards of Bethlem Hospital, for the purposes of studying mental diseases / [John Webster].

General report of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, and of the House of Occupations, for the year ending 31st December, 1848 : printed for use of the governors / Bridewell Royal Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Opening of the new hospital, Monks Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham... 9th July, 1930 / Bethlem Royal Hospital.

The observations of the Governors upon the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Secretary of State on Bethlem Hospital : with appendices.

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Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)

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The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital : records handbook / Institute of Psychiatry (University of London).

Observations on the admission of medical pupils to the wards of Bethlem Hospital, for the purposes of studying mental diseases / [John Webster].

General report of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, and of the House of Occupations, for the year ending 31st December, 1848 : printed for use of the governors / Bridewell Royal Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Opening of the new hospital, Monks Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham... 9th July, 1930 / Bethlem Royal Hospital.

The observations of the Governors upon the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Secretary of State on Bethlem Hospital : with appendices.