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Posted on 06/26/2025 10:15:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
When archaeologists were called to investigate a sinkhole that opened up in the city of York, they were surprised to find traces of a medieval hospital, according to a report by The Independent. The team encountered walls hidden just beneath the city streets that they believe once belonged to the twelfth- or thirteenth-century St. Leonard's Hospital. The institution was built just after the Norman conquest and replaced the earlier St. Peter's Hospital, which was founded by the Anglo-Saxon King Aethelstan. Stretching from what is now York's Museum Gardens to the Theatre Royal, St. Leonard's was one of the largest hospitals ever built in the north of England. It was a place for caring for the unwell, elderly, and the condemned, but also served as an orphanage, helped feed the poor, and provided meals for the prisoners in York Castle. Like many other religious establishments in England, it was destroyed during the Reformation under the reign of Henry VIII. "One of the consequences of living in a beautiful historic city like York is that when something like this happens, when we have a sinkhole, there often are some exciting archaeological remains to be looked at. Which is exactly what has happened here," said York Councillor Kate Ravilious. For more on archaeology in York, go to "Off With Their Heads."
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Probably had better healthcare back then.
We need a surgeon. Call the barber!
They never seem to happen upon an old dentistry lab.
How can you tell?
Yep, looks like a Med-evil hospital to me..............
Barbers are for dentistry, Butchers are for surgery!..............and the barkeep is for anesthesia!.......
And the skellingtons of serfs, knaves & villains still waiting for the nurse to call their names?
Lol
I wouldn’t want to go to a doctor back then m
Imagine the pre-auth time delays without computers...
LOL!
LOL!
Imagine how much faster without NHS involved.
It was built in the Middle Ages, but the magazines in the waiting room were all from the Roman era.
The FreeRepublic lacks a “like” button, but I want to thank everyone for the comments. Witty, smart people. Reminds me of why I keep coming back.
The old standard method of cures for illness was..
Bleed the patient.
Build fires around the house to drive off “Bad Air”.
Bleed the patient.
Check his horoscope to see if he was born under bad star alignments.
Bleed the patient.
See if he has enemies who might have put a “HEX” or curse on him.
Bleed the patient.
Has an “Evil Eye” been cast upon him?
Bleed the patient.
Run a tube up the rectum and pump in tobacco smoke.
Then declare “The operation was a success, but the patient died.”
After all these years,they still practice the blowing of the smoke.
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