| Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, (UK) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Public NHS |
| Hospital Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated University | University of Oxford |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | n/a |
| Beds | 275 |
| Speciality | Oxford Eye Hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Closed | 2007 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in England |
The Radcliffe Infirmary was a hospital in central Oxford, England, located at the southern end of Woodstock Road on the western side, backing onto Walton Street. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article describes policy-related systems For the article on hospital networks which are sometimes referred to as health care systems see Hospital network. The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four Publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom collectively or individually (although A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The following is a list of currently operating Hospitals in England. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' to the south north towards Woodstock through the leafy suburb Walton Street is a street in central Oxford, England, located in the heart of the area known as Jericho The Radcliffe Infirmary, named after physician John Radcliffe, opened in 1770 and was Oxford's first hospital, and closed on 27 January 2007. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health John Radcliffe could be John Radcliffe (English physician (1652-1714 a British physician John Radcliffe (baseball (1846-1911 an Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
In 1758, the initial proposals to build a hospital in Oxford were put forward at a meeting of the Radcliffe Trustees, who were administering John Radcliffe's estate. John Radcliffe could be John Radcliffe (English physician (1652-1714 a British physician John Radcliffe (baseball (1846-1911 an £4000 was made available for the new hospital, which was constructed on land given by Thomas Rowney, the Member of Parliament for Oxford. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
A number of pioneering moments in medical history occurred at the hospital. penicillin was first tested on patients on 27 January 1941. Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of Beta-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of Bacterial Infections The first Utah Array (later known as the BrainGate) implantation in a human (Kevin Warwick) took place on 14 March 2002. BrainGate is a Brain implant system developed by the bio-tech company Cyberkinetics in 2003 in conjunction with the Department of Neuroscience at Brown Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK is a British scientist and professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
The site was the location of the Oxford Eye Hospital.
The Infirmary was acquired by the University of Oxford in 2003 and closed for medical use in 2007 with services being transferred to purpose built buildings at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in nearby Headington. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. Headington is one of the district centres of Oxford, England. The site has been earmarked for expansion of the humanities and mathematics departments in the University of Oxford. The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
The Woodstock Road entrance of the hospital was frequently seen in the ITV television series Inspector Morse. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a Fictional character in a series of thirteen Detective novels by British Author Colin
See also
External links
- Radcliffe Infirmary information and history from the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals website
- Radcliffe Infirmary Site Summary Information from the NHS
- Oxford Eye Hospital — Radcliffe Infirmary including directions
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