VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Hospitals: The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Royal Infirmary |

The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Royal Infirmary, 1855

< Image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

The Infirmary has a long history, its original building having been erected in 1751. This image shows a later building in 1855, just after the addition of a new wing (on the left) and the appointment of Dr Charles Gibb to the position of Honorary Surgeon, a post he held till 1870. The Turkish baths were added in 1860 after a campaign by Sir John Fife who had been a surgeon here since 1837.

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Early Turkish baths for animals

Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

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