The Story of a Hospital

By Wilfrid Edgecombe, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.

The history of the Harrogate and District General Hospital

An "iron lung"

The hospital was a recipient of an "iron lung" among those distributed throughout the country through the munificence of Lord Nuffield. It was delivered by air by courtesy of the RAF, and has remained in occasional use ever since and has been loaned from time to to time to other hospitals for urgent need.

A portrait of HRH Princess Mary, the patron of the hospital, was hung in the board room together with a crayon drawing done by Miss Ayres of the president, Captain C S Greenwood, and Mr Herbert Frankling, senior surgeon. Later were added portraits of prominent members of the board of management - Mr G G Stephenson, Mr C D'Oyly Grange, Dr W Edgecombe, Major Whitworth and Mr George Chapman - these in commemoration of the "voluntary" days. Since the takeover by the National Health Service; none have been added.