|
Craiglockhart Hydropathic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
Wilfred Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
||
|
The large victorian building at Craiglockhart was requisitioned by the military in 1916 and turned into a war hospital for the treatment of shell shocked officers. In 1917, Wilfred Owen was sent to Craiglockhart to recover from "Neurasthenia" (a more scientific term for ... Education > Craiglockhart War Hospital...
|
||
|
Craiglockhart Military hospital was the famous meeting place of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon' in August 1917. Dr. William H. Rivers (Sassoon's doctor) is sitting on the front row, left, between the two nurses. ... The First World War Poetry Digital Archive...
|
||
|
Admission and Discharge Registers For Craiglockhart War Hospital. PRO MH 106. Kew: Public Record Office, 1887-1902. Anonymous account of Craiglockhart, Rivers Papers. London: Imperial War Museum Archive...
|
||
|
The Head Gardener of the Hydropathic, Henry Carmichael, continued to work at Craiglockhart throughout the War and the Carmichael family contributed to the pursuit of victory, not least through the sacrifice of their lives. ... The Commandant of the hospital was Major Bryce and its chief medical officers were Drs Rivers and Brock.
|
||
|
Craiglockhart War Hospital was opened in order to treat the huge increase in shell shocked officers after the Battle of the Somme. The hospital records show that 1801 officers were admitted to the hospital during its operation, although sixty five of these officers were German prisoners of war who had gunshot wounds,
|
||
|
Craiglockhart War Hospital, where Wilfred Owen was treated for shell-shock ... On 1 May the Major in temporary command of the battalion made a comment that implied cowardice, which Owen took very badly. He was, however, referred to Craiglockhart War Hospital, which had not long been established for the treatment of...
|
||
|
The estate in which the Hydropathics building lies was sold in 1773 to one Alexander Munro , Professor of Anatomy at the University Of Edinburgh . It stayed in the Munro family for more than a hundred years. ... Such was Craiglockhart's function until the advent of the First World War . Between 1916 and 1919 the building...
|
||
|
Both Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were patients at the Craiglockhart War Hospital during the late summer and early fall of 1917. The hospital had formerly been a retreat for wealthy alcoholics -- the Craiglockhart Hydropathic Establishment -- offering "the cure" through rest and water therapy.
|