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Print of Westminster Abbey and Hosptial in 1837
Dated at the start of the reign of Queen Victoria, this print depicts, on the left, Westminster Hopstial and on the right, Westminster Abbey; it also had its own medical school in 1834 and is an example of the development of a hospital-based medical practice. Historian David Livingstone Stated that Hosptials in the 19th century turned into places that, “Could promote itself as a scientific shrine with diagnostic laboratories and clinical technologies; and the wealthy willingly came for care." -
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An Apothecary From 1842
Image of John Bell's Pharmacy, with apothecary John Simmonds and his apprentice, William working in the laboratory. The Apothecaries’ Act of 1815, required licensing for medical practitioners in order for governmental regulation and standardization that served as one of the catalysts of innovation in the medicine. John Bell's son Jacob Bell was one of the founders of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1842 that helped with regulations and reform during the period.