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Welcome to Small and Special

Small and Special is a collection of resources relating to the early years of The Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street, England’s first in-patient children’s hospital. Here you can trace a patient, learn about childhood diseases, or investigate a member of the medical staff.

Small and Special includes a database of patient admission records - from the Hospital’s first in-patient in 1852 to the last admission in 1914; a collection of articles on the early history of the Hospital and pen-portraits of the Hospital’s personalities; and a gallery of images.

Browse around the site to discover its treasures. Better still, register now. It costs nothing, and registered users get access to more detailed information and the ability to print and download results of searches.

Edwin BedwellEdwin Bedwell: Patient from 7 December-16 December 1877

Edwin Bedwell was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children on 7 December 1877, age 11, by Dr Bridges. He was suffering from asthma. Edwin stayed only one week in the Hospital and was discharged on 16 December, having recovered from his asthma attack. But he was there long enough to have this photograph taken. He is in the Mayfair Cot, one of the cots sponsored by supporters of the Hospital. This one was sponsored by the children of Berkeley Chapel congregation. Click here to learn more about Edwin.

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