Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital

Former hospital in England, specialized in homeopathic treatments.

Hospital in England

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The Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital was a hospital in Liverpool, England, that specialized in homeopathic treatments.

History

The facility was founded as the Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensaries in 1887.^[1] The hospital building at 42-56 Hope Street, designed by F & G Holme, is an example of the Queen Anne revival style. It is now a Grade II listed building.^[2]^[3] It was the first hospital in the United Kingdom to contain early hydraulic lifts and an innovative heating and ventilation system.^[4] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. Renamed as the Hahnemann Hospital in 1969,^[1] it was eventually closed in 1976.^[1] It later became part of Liverpool John Moores University.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Homeopathic Dispensaries; including; Liverpool Branch of the Homeopathic Society". The National Archives. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "Liverpool's former homeopathic hospital listed". www.victoriansociety.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Former Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Homeopathic Dispensary". Historic England. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "The Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital". Liverpool Daily Post. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^ "Hospital ahead of its time". Good News Liverpool. Retrieved 13 November 2022.