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Victorian London - Health and Hygiene - Hospitals - Guys Hospital |
 | | Guy, a wealthy citizen and bookseller of London; it consists of a centre and two wings (in one of which is a chapel), and a separate edifice for the reception of lunatics; it makes up more than 400 beds, and annually affords in-door relief to about 2250, and out-door relief to about 20,000 patients. |
 | | Guy was a native of Tamworth, in Staffordshire, and died at the age of eighty, on the 27th December, 1724. |
 | | Guy's Hospital consists of a centre and two wings; behind is a quadrangle, and beyond is a lunatic house for twenty-four insane patients, with a garden and airing. |
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