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Friern Hospital

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  • Friern Hospital, London: a brain. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Friern Hospital, London: a child's feet viewed from below. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Friern Hospital, London: a woman suffering from mania, with forearm, hand and finger movements. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Friern Hospital, London: a boy with rotten teeth. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Friern Hospital, London: a diseased brain, viewed from above. Photograph, 1890/1910.
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Catalogue

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    Friern Hospital, London: a young naked boy with spots on his arms and legs. Photograph, 1890/1910.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 34132i
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    Friern Hospital, London: a man, naked, viewed from the waist down with a hernia or growth to the right of his penis. Photograph, 1890/1910.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 34140i
    • Books

    The last asylum : a memoir of madness in our times / Barbara Taylor.

    Taylor, Barbara, 1950 April 11- | Date: 2014
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    • Online

    Friern Hospital, London: a man's face showing tuberculosis of the skin (lupus vulgaris). Photograph, 1890/1910.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 34173i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Friern Hospital, London: a young child with rotten teeth. Photograph, 1890/1910.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 34080i
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