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Appeal on behalf of THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL for NERVOUS DISEASES, QUEEN SQUARE (for the Relief and Cure of Diseases of the Nervous System, including Paralysis and Epilepsy), by Sir JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON
BESIDES the main Hospital in Queen Square, with its 195 beds, there are a Convalescent Home at East Finchley, with 36 bed3, and a Hospital for Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, of about the same size, at Clapham Park. The Hospital is the oldest and largest hospital of its kind and requires £100 per day for maintenance. The diseases treated include brain and spinal tumours, neuralgia, neurasthenia, neuritis, sciatica, and St. Vitus's Dance. Ninety pensions are awarded to incurable sufferers.
Donations, etc., should be sent to [address removed]

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