Hospital Museum
by Adrian Evans
Title
Hospital Museum
Artist
Adrian Evans
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
The Quarry Hospital Museum - The pioneering Dinorwig Quarry Hospital is now a museum housing some of the original equipment from the 1800's. Restored Ward and Operating Theatre, original X-Ray Machine and other bits of gruesome medical equipment, park related exhibitions and a Mortuary! This old hospital in Llanberis was for the men who worked at the Dinorwig Quarry in the 19th and 20th centuries. The idea was to have a hospital close to their place of work so they could get back to work as soon as possible after they received treatment. There were over 3,000 workers in the Dinorwig quarry and there were a lot of accidents - broken bones, lost fingers, crush injuries and worse. The Dinorwig hospital remained until the coming of the NHS in the 1950s. These Jackson Focus Tubes were part of the x-ray machine in Dinorwig Quarry Hospital in 1898. They are of particular interest as it was only in 1895 that x-rays were discovered in Germany and that this is one of the earliest evidence of their use in the United Kingdom.
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August 10th, 2013
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Comments (14)
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Adrian, Congratulations on your Feature in WFS ! Excellent capture of this Medical Image, thanks for sharing.
Donna Kennedy
Congratulations Adrian! Your fantastic image has been Featured in our group The Gold Standard, because of its excellence! Also added a tweet
Marvin Spates
Another great shot! Looks like a torture chamber!!! If I did not know any better it looks likes they are out to kill you, not save you!!! vf
Rick Grisolano Photography LLC
I'm glade I don't live back then. Medicine can be tough enough to handle now...... V/Fav