Hospitals and Medical SchoolsExtracts from
"The History of Medicine in Ireland", by John F. Fleetwood, 2nd edition, the Skellig Press, Dublin, 1983. Additional material (including the illustrations) is taken from "A 'Peculiar' Place; the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin 1838-1989" by David Mitchell, Blackwater Press, Dublin, undated.
Places mentioned include ....
The medical school of John Timothy Kirby and Alexander Read which opened 1809. This school changed its name to "The Theatre of Anatomy and School of Surgery" 1810.
Hospital of St Peter and St Bridget opened by J. T. Kirby 1811
Anglesey Lying-In Hospital, 50 Bishop Street, Dublin opened about 1824
"School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery of the Richmond Hospital" opened 1826- changed its name to The Carmichael School 1849.
"Dublin School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery" opened 1832 and closed 1857.
Adelaide Hospital, initially for Protestants, established at 43 Bride Street in 1839.
Records for a number of Dublin Hospitals are open to inspection.
www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/womens_history/women.html There are probably many references to Dublin Hospitals in books ... here are a few titles:
"The Irish School of Medicine. Dublin" by D. Coakley. Published by Townhouse, 1988.
"History of the Meath Hospital. Dublin" P. A. Gatenby. Published by Townhouse, 1996.
"A Peculiar Place: a history of the Adelaide Hospital. Dublin" D. Mitchell. Published by Blackwater Press, 1989.