GUY'S HOSPITAL, founded by Thomas Guy, who leased from the governors of St. Thomas's hospital, a large piece of ground, for a term of 999 years, at a ground rent of £30 a year. The space being cleared, the first stone of the building was` as laid in 1722, and the hospital admitted its first patient in 1725, a few days after the death of its founder. The whole expense was £18,796, 168., great part of which Guy expended in his lifetime. and he bequeathed £219,499 to endow it. Soon after his death, an act of parliament was obtained, regulating the management of the institution. In 1829 Mr. Hunt bequeathed to the hospital £100,000, and additional bequests to the amount of £10,000 have since been received. There was at first room for about 900 patients; now 700 can be accommodated. The yearly average of patients is over 3,000; the out-patients relieved may amount to 50,000. The annual income is about £40.000,
chiefly from estates in the counties of Essex, Hereford, and Lincoln. The usual number of governors is 60, who are self-elective, Students enter the hospital for study, attend ing chemical practice, kethreg, etc., and paying annual fees. The building consists of two quadrangles, united by a cross structure or arcade, besides two wings extending from the front to the street—west wing built with elegance and uniformity, and whole edifice handsome and regular. A library and valuable museums are attached to the hospital. New wards, with tall towers for ventilation, were built in 1852, and a chemi cal laboratory in 1872. In the chapel is a fine marble statue of Guy, by Bacon, which cost .C1,000. Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, is buried iu the chapel.