Simpson Memorial Hospital, Lauriston Place
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Simpson Memorial Hospital, Lauriston Place
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 23 Jul 2009
The Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital, or Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital to use its official name, opened as Edinburgh's first planned maternity hospital in 1879. It was funded by subscription to commemorate Sir James Young Simpson, who had discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in 1847. From 1915 it housed Britain's first ante-natal clinic, followed by a post-natal clinic in 1926. In that year it amalgamated with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh which built a new Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in 1939 (demolished 2006). The Lauriston Place building continued to be part of the Royal Infirmary until 1994. After several years of neglect and decay, it has been revitalised as a modern hotel. http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/exhibits/hosp_hist/ermh.htm Image
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