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The London Lock Hospital, which opened on 31 January 1747,〔(Orlando Project – "An Integrated History of Women's Writing in the British Isles" Chronology )〕 was the first venereal disease clinic and the most famous and first of the Lock Hospitals. The Lock Hospitals were developed for the treatment of syphilis following the end of the use of lazar hospitals, as leprosy declined.〔European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology – "(A Concise History of Venereology in the UK )"〕〔Archives in London and the M25 area ((AIM25 )) (London Lock Hospital records )〕〔J. Bettley, "Post voluptatem misericcordia: the rise and fall of the London lock hospitals", ''London Journal'' vol 10 no 2 (Winter 1984), pp 167–175〕 The hospital later developed maternity and gynaecology services before being incorporated into the National Health Service in 1948, and finally closed in 1952. ==History== A charitable society had been working to establish this hospital since July 1746. In November of that year a house was bought for this purpose in Grosvenor Place, London, near Hyde Park Corner. The founder of the hospital was William Bromfield or Bromfeild, as he himself preferred to spell his name.〔 After opening in January 1747, the hospital treated almost 300 patients during its first year; the demand for its services stemmed from the unfounded belief that the treatments then available could be effective.〔 Thomas Scott was a hospital chaplain here from 1785–1803. During this time he published his ''Commentary On The Whole Bible'' and became the founding Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. The hospital moved in 1842 to 283 Harrow Road in Westbourne Grove. It was renamed The Female Hospital when a new site in Dean Street, Soho, opened for male outpatients in 1862; that was later expanded in 1867, as a result of the Contagious Diseases Act 1864. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Lock Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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