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Portal:London/Did you know/06 2010

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were convicted of murder to expand the supply. This led to the
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medical students access to its wards; and it was where
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in 1815 — to buildings, now used to house the
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Portal:London
Did you know
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Smithfield
Rahere
St Thomas' Hospital
Thomas Becket
University College Hospital
Middlesex Hospital
University College London
Robert Liston
ether
Alexander Fleming
penicillin
St May's Paddington
cadavers
resurrection men
London Burkers
Anatomy Act 1832
Liverpool Street railway station
Bethlem Royal Hospital
St George's Fields
Imperial War Museum
Beckenham
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