Edinburgh's first officer of public health, Henry Duncan Littlejohn, a friend and supporter of Sophia Jex Blake, the first woman to practice medicine in Scotland, was instrumental in opening what was "probably the best hospital in Britain" in 1879. It was designed by David Bryce according to a model advocated by Florence Nightingale. In 2003 it moved to a new site at Little France (so named because it was once home to much of Mary, Queen of Scots, court). The old site is now being redeveloped by Quartermile into flats, shops and offices. You can see the glass and steel rising above the Victorian turrets.
5 comments:
At least it isn't being torn down. It is too nice a building for that.
A royal photo! I love the old architecture! Looks like they added a small, modern addition in the back?
The modern bit is part of the new complex being built in and around the old buildings.
Nice...
My daughter and husband lived in Edinburgh 10 years ago when their daughter was born in a hospital that had the longest name but"Royal Infirmary" was part of it. Could this possibly be it?
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