Diorama of Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the 1500s

Made:
1901-1970 in England
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the care of the Sick"
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Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick", showing Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the sixteenth century, English, 1901-1970

The high roof and the altar of the interior of the Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo, Spain, give it the appearance of a church. Hospitals in the 1500s were usually run by religious orders and in this diorama nuns provide the nursing care. Patients have comfortable beds where they could draw the curtains for privacy and were kept well fed, clean and warm – although much of the treatment at the time involved purging and bloodletting.

Hospitals run by religious orders were often the only source of medical care for the poor, who could not afford to pay a physician.

Details

Category:
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A608507
Materials:
wood, plaster, metal and paint
Measurements:
overall (viewing aperture): 590 mm x 806 mm x 757 mm,
overall (with structure): 1005 mm x 880 mm x 761 mm, 65.5 kg
type:
diorama
credit:
Wellcome Museum Workshops

Parts

Diorama of Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the 1500s

Diorama of Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the 1500s

Diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick", showing Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the sixteenth century, English, 1901-1970

Materials:
wood , plaster , metal and paint
Object Number:
A608507/1
type:
diorama
Components for diorama of Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the 1500s

Components for diorama of Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the 1500s

Components for diorama "Hospitals and the Care of the Sick", showing Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo in the sixteenth century, English, 1901-1970. Consisting of two cables with plugs attached, one light bulb, two light fittings and various screws.

Object Number:
A608507/2
type:
component - object