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1920
Pathology
The first building constructed on the
hospital site was the ‘Dead House’. Initially
it was a mortuary and autopsy room
where causes of death were determined
as best they could be within the limits
of knowledge at the time. It became the
Pathology Department when the hospital’s
first pathologist was appointed in 1886. By
1905 the building had been enlarged and
pathologists were testing human samples
for such diseases as typhoid, tuberculosis
and malaria. Besides testing, they were also
conducting scientific research. For a time
in the 1920s Pathology was manufacturing
its own life-saving insulin for the hospital’s
diabetes patients.
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