| Ancient Arts of Anesthesia Are Unlocked: Report that excavation of the medieval Soutra Hospital near Edinburgh showed that some 200 herbs and spices were used as medicines, reproduced in Today's Healthy News. |
| City of Winchester: Hospital of St Cross: An illustrated history of this almshouse founded in the 1130s by Bishop Henry of Blois for 13 poor men, and enlarged in the 15th century by Cardinal Beaufort. |
| Domus Dei, Portsmouth, UK: Hantsweb gives the history of hospice founded by Peter de Rupibus, the Crusader Bishop of Winchester, in 1212, fire-bombed in 1941. Includes photograph. |
| Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury: The official site gives an illustrated introduction to the medieval Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr, and Greyfriars Chapel, the only surviving part of a Franciscan friary. Includes visitor information. |
| Heritage of Mercy: Jean Manco explains the development of medieval hospitals and almshouses in Britain. Article first published in Medieval History. |
| Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France: A history, description and expandable thumbnail photographs of this surviving medieval hospital, now a museum, by Canadian visitor Sara Genn. From Saraphina Travelogue. |
| Innocenti Hospital: Gloria Chiarini describes the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence, founded in 1419 for orphans and abandoned children, and designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Part of The Florence Art Guide. |
| Maison Dieu, Faversham: A monastic hospital founded by Henry III about A.D. 1230 and now a museum. The official town guide provides a history, images and visitor information. |
| Medieval Hospitals of Oxfordshire: Margaret Markham gives a history and description: endowments, diagnosis and treatment, internal life, dedications, buildings and locations. Includes foundation dates and brief details of individual hospitals. [PDF]. |
| Medieval Hospitals of Kent: Ian Coulson introduces the topic, gives a list of early hospitals and almshouses in the county, with foundation dates, and a plan and reconstruction drawing of St John's Hospital, Canterbury, the oldest hospital in England. |
| Mediweb: The Royal and Ancient Hospital of St Bartholomew: An illustrated history of the monastic hospital founded by Rahere in 1123 at Smithfield, just outside London's city walls, which evolved into a modern teaching hospital. |
| Soutra Aisle: Brief mention of the excavation of a 14th-century Augustinian hospital in Scotland, with a photograph of a related standing building. |
| St John's Hospital, Bruges: A history and photographs of this large medieval hospital, now a museum, from Belgium Travel Network. |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital Archives and Museum: The famous teaching hospital holds archives going back to its foundation circa 1123. History and visitor information. |
| The Gallery of the Hospital of the Innocents: An illustrated description from Your Way to Florence of the gallery set in the early 15th-century orphanage designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. |
| The Hospital of San Luca in Lucca: A photograph and guide to the history and archaeology of this Italian medieval hospital, from the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| The Hospital of St John the Baptist Bridgwater: An illustrated history by Peter Cattermole of this medieval hospital closed in 1536. |
| The Maison Dieu, Dover: Dover Museum provides a history of the hospice founded in 1203 by Hubert de Burgh, and used as the town hall from 1834 to 1881. |
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