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The Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases was a hospital that existed in west London from 1867 to 1993.


History

The hospital was founded as the London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis by the German physician Julius Althaus (1833-1900) in 1867. In its first incarnation, it was based at Blandford Place in
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. It moved to Portland Terrace in 1872, becoming the Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System in 1873 and the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis in 1876. It moved to a new building in
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, designed by the architects Young & Hall, opened by the Duchess of Argyll in 1903. At that time it became the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale. It became the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (including Epilepsy and Paralysis) in 1937. The facility joined the
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as the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale, at which time it also became part of the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, now the
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. The site at 4 Maida Vale (the main road) was closed in 1993 and sold for development.


See also

* Leonard Guthrie


References

Defunct hospitals in London 1867 establishments in England 1993 disestablishments in England Hospitals established in 1867 {{London-struct-stub