tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8483489885877962889..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Royal Free Hospital by Miranda MillerMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9920359020014427912016-08-26T12:40:49.097+01:002016-08-26T12:40:49.097+01:00Inspiring, and very interesting to hear about the ...Inspiring, and very interesting to hear about the people behind the names. Especially interesting to hear that they were the only hospital to admit the cholera victims.<br />I was thinking, however, that even though it wasn't the smelly river that caused cholera,of course cleaning up the river did help, by getting rid of toxic organisms. It's sobering to think how often humans get things wrong, and the story of the scandal, with the quack remedies, could happen today; a salutary reminder to keep our eyes on the big picture and not to let revelations of inevitable human fallibility spoil good initiatives?Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3246474431596031912016-08-25T16:03:22.078+01:002016-08-25T16:03:22.078+01:00William Marsden, what a hero! - Thank you for this...William Marsden, what a hero! - Thank you for this.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-17145614011178975052016-08-25T06:38:38.581+01:002016-08-25T06:38:38.581+01:00Let no man put this necessity asunder! We here ac...Let no man put this necessity asunder! We here across the pond are desperate to free ourselves from politicians, pundits and the Insurance Industry, to institute on payer Federal model for our health care....but, alas......there is violent opposition.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.com