St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London

London

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 was one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the UK. The school was absorbed to form part of King's College London

King's College London

King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...

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History

It was part of St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS hospital in London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It has provided health care freely or under charitable auspices since the 12th century and was originally located in Southwark.St Thomas' Hospital is accessible...

 which was established in 1173. According to historical records St Thomas's Hospital Medical School was founded in about 1550. It was admitted as a school of the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 in 1900 but remained a constituent part of St Thomas' Hospital until 1948 when it formally became part of the university. In 1982 it merged with the medical school at Guy's Hospital

Guy's Hospital

Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south east London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London School of Medicine...

 to form the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals

United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals

The United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals was the name given to the joint medical and dental school formed in London as a result of the merger of Guy's Hospital Medical School, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and the Royal Dental Hospital of London.The merged...

. In turn UMDS was absorbed by King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry

King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry

King's College London School of Medicine is the medical school of King's College London, and one of the United Hospitals...

, but the dentists have since been split out into The Dental Institute.

Name

Unlike the hospital which in recent times dropped the possessive "s", the medical school continued with the original spelling.

Famous alumni

Famous alumni include

• Takaki Kanehiro (1849 - 1920) - Japanese naval doctor, first person to discover the link between beriberi
  Beriberi
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   and diet.
• Havelock Ellis
  Havelock Ellis
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   (1859 - 1939) - Physician, sexual psychologist and social reformer.
• Eric Anson
  Eric Anson
  Dr Eric Anson was New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist.He was the first President of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists and a member of the NZ Committee of the Faculty of Anaesthetists....
  
   (1892 - 1969) - New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist.
• Max Theiler
  Max Theiler
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   (1899 – 1972) - Virologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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   in 1951 for developing a vaccine for yellow fever
  Yellow fever
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• Richard Doll
  Richard Doll
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   (1912 - 2005) - Epidemiologist and physiologist; established link between smoking
  Tobacco smoking
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   and cancer
  Cancer
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  .
• Dame Cecily Saunders DBE OM (1918-2005) - Nurse, physician and social worker who developed the concept of the hospice
  Hospice
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   and was a pioneer of palliative care
  Palliative care
  Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
  
  .
• David Owen
  David Owen
  David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...
  
   (b. 1938) - Labour
  Labour Party (UK)
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   Foreign Secretary and founder of the Social Democratic Party
  Social Democratic Party (UK)
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• Fiona Wood
  Fiona Wood
  Fiona Melanie Wood, AM is a British born plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service...
  
  AM (b. 1958) - Plastic surgeon, Australian of the Year 2005.

External links

• Lists of St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School students