The Adelaide Hospital
The Adelaide Hospital was founded in 1839 to serve the poor Protestant population of Dublin. Like the Meath and the National Children's Hospital it was a voluntary hospital, its survival dependent on the generosity of others and the dedication of its staff.
Famous for its nursing school which was founded in 1859 by Miss Bramwell who had worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, the Adelaide has been at the forefront of many medical advances.
It was, for example, the first general hospital in Dublin to introduce a skin clinic (in 1868), a gynaecological unit (in 1868) and the bacteriological control of milk (in 1904).
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