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Hospital

Dundee Eye Institution

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Details

Address
138 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4ED
Previous Locations
84 Murraygate, 1844-1892; 86 Nethergate, 1892-?
Foundation Year
1836
Status
Closed (since 1975)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Dundee General
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Tayside
District Authority (1974-1982)
Dundee
Pre-1974 County
Forfarshire/Angus
Post-1974 County
Tayside

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
Ophthalmology
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
Ophthalmology

Other information

Established in 1836 by Dr Cocks, to provide a free service to those who could not afford ophthalmic treatment. At first hospital operations were carried on at the Royal Infirmaries in Edinburgh and Glasgow, but in 1892 the Dundee Royal Infirmary established an ophthalmic department which included 2 4-bed wards for Eye Institution patients. After this the Eye Institution confined itself to out-patient work, while continuing to develop links with the Medical School of St Andrews University.

Record locations

  • Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

    Record types

    Administrative
    1892 - 1971
    General
    1892 - 1971
    Finance
    1892 - 1946
    Pictorial
    1910 - 1910
    Private Papers
    1894 - 1950

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Ref THB 6; see also THB 9