The Lock Hospital for Women was a hospital in Glasgow for women suffering from venereal disease.
| Glasgow Lock Hospital | |
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 Statistics of the Glasgow Lock Hospital from its foundation, 7 August 1805 to 31 December 1881 page 9 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°51′42″N 4°14′18″W / 55.861715°N 4.238422°W |
| History | |
| Opened | 1805 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Background edit
The Glasgow lock hospital was established in 1805[1][2] at Rottenrow Lane. It moved to 41 Rottenrow in 1845.[3]
The origin of the term 'lock' may be in the French word 'loques', meaning rags and bandages, or from 'loke' a house for lepers.[4] Originally, the patients included women, usually those working as Prostitutes,[5] and even children who had been infected with syphilis.[6] The hospital depended on funding from subscribers in cash or in kind,[7] which in 1829 included stationery, vinegar and coal. The annual report from 1814 listed a remarkable 450 subscribers.[5]
People associated with Glasgow Lock Hospital edit
James McCune Smith 1930s
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Glasgow Lock Hospital". Voluntary Hospitals Database.
- ^ Paterson, Alexander (December 1882). Statistics of Glasgow Lock Hospital Since its Foundation in 1805—with Remarks on the Contagious Diseases Acts, and on Syphilis (Report).
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory. 1845. p. 459.
- ^ Mahood, Linda (2013). The Magdalenes: Prostitution in the Nineteenth Century. Taylor and Fancis. ISBN 9780203104057.
- ^ a b "Annual Report on Glasgow Lock Hospital, 1814". SCRAN. 1814.
- ^ "They called it the Lock, and it was a fate worse than death". The Scotsman. 2002.
- ^ "Subscription Reminder for Glasgow's Lock Hospital, 1829". SCRAN. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Dr Alice McLaren, obituary". British Medical Journal. 1 (4437): 110–111. 19 January 1946. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4437.110-a. S2CID 220004214.