Stanmore: RNOH emblem on gates
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Stanmore: RNOH emblem on gates
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 10 Jul 2007
This is on the main gate to the hospital, and shows us that it was for "the cure of crippled children" – reminding us that the term "orthopaedics" originally referred specifically to children's bones ("ortho" = bones, "paed" = children [as in paediatrics]); the term now refers to bones of all ages! It is at the Image
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51.632386
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-0.30485