Article by Stuart Mitchell
A Brief History of Harley Street Harley Street London
Sráid Harley is one of several London Streets that are inextricably linked with a certain trade. Saville Row is world famous for its host of bespoke tailors, Fleet Street with newspaper production, Denmark Street with songwriters and musical shops. Harley Street’s niche is that of the medical profession. Unlike Saville Row which has seen an increasing decline in the number of tailors shops and Fleet Street which no-longer produces newspapers, Harley Street continues to flourish as a centre for all things medical and medicinal.
The history of Harley Street really begins in the early 18th Century when the land between Oxford Street and Marylebone Road was developed in the grand Georgian style of the day. Architect John Prince backed with capital from Edward Harley (2nd Earl of Oxford) created an abundance of highly sort after property with its centre at Cavendish Square. By the 1790’s the area was highly fashionable drawing in a number wealthy and famous residents. Gladstone lived at 73 Sráid Harley, William Turner lived at a number of addresses first at 35 Harley Street and later at 46 and then at 23 Queen Street, where he built a gallery.
The influx of medical professionals began around the middle of the 19th Century. The Street was well placed for rail links to the north and a supply of rich customers on its door step. The opening of the Medical Society of London in Chandos Street in 1873 and then the Royal Society of Medicine in Wimpole Street in 1912 further enhanced the areas reputation for medical care.
Records show that in 1860 there were around 20 doctors in Harley Street, this had risen to 80 le 1900 and almost 200 le 1914. With the establishment of the NHS in 1948 there were around 1,500 doctors practicing in the area. It is estimated that some 3,000 people are employed in the medical profession in an around Harley Street. It looks as if the Street with continue with its noble trade for some years yet.
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Is minic a thagraítear do Shráid Harley mar “Londain Leighis” toisc go bhfuil ceann de na comhchruinnithe inniúlachta leighis is mó ar domhan aige. Tá cáil air le fada an lá mar lárionad sármhaitheasa leighis príobháideach, Is féidir na ceangail is luaithe a bhí ag Sráid Harley le leigheas a rianú siar go timpeall 1860 nuair a bhog go leor dochtúirí isteach sa cheantar mar gheall ar an suíomh lárnach agus gar do stáisiúin traenach móra, ar nós Kings Cross, Naomh Pancras agus Marylebone. Ón naoú haois déag ar líon na ndochtúirí, ospidéil, tá méadú mór tagtha ar chlinicí máinliacht súl agus eagraíochtaí leighis eile atá lonnaithe i gceantar Shráid Harley agus timpeall air. Bhí thart 20 dochtúirí ag cleachtadh sa cheantar i 1860 agus taifeadadh méadú faoi dheich ag 1914 nuair a d'ardaigh an figiúr go 200. Cuireadh fáilte roimh dhá rud eile sa cheantar a chuir tuilleadh le cáil an cheantair ná Cumann Leighis Londain, a d’oscail i Sráid Chandos i 1873 agus Cumann Ríoga an Leighis a thosaigh i 1912 ar Shráid Wimpole. Thar na blianta tá go leor gairmithe leighis cáiliúla i Sráid Harley. Sir Henry Thompson, máinlia iontach Briotanach agus polymath, chleacht sé sa cheantar le linn na 1870idí agus ceapadh é ina phríomh-mháinlia ar Rí na Bruiséile. D'oibrigh an Dochtúir Edward Bach ó Shráid Harley sna 1920idí sular bhog sé go dtí an tOspidéal Hoiméamach Londain agus ansin d'fhorbair sé na Bach Flower Remedies atá fós mar sin. coitianta inniu. Is léir go bhfuil amanna athraithe ón naoú haois déag nuair a bheadh lia-chleachtóirí tar éis obráid a chur ar bun ina dteach féin agus a gcoinní féin a shocrú agus Sráid Harley ag leanúint ar aghaidh ag bláthú mar ionad do gach rud míochaine.. Ní gá a rá go dtugann na clinicí a fhaightear anseo an teicneolaíocht is déanaí in éineacht le cuid de na saineolas leighis is fearr sa tír. 3,000 daoine atá fostaithe sa réimse a thairgeann raon leathan seirbhísí leighis, ó leigheas comhlántach go máinliacht plaisteach. Mar sin, cibé an bhfuil tú ag lorg máinliacht súl léasair i Londain nó nach gá duit ach clárú le dochtúir teaghlaigh, tá tú cinnte go bhfaighidh tú an méid atá uait anseo déanann Sráid Harley áit an-inmhianaithe chun cleachtadh a dhéanamh agus leanann an limistéar ag tarraingt líon mór daoine. liachleachtóirí barr, ó mháinlianna súl agus dochtúirí go síciatraithe agus máinlianna plaisteacha. Más gá duit teacht go Sráid Harley le haghaidh coinne, tá go leor roghanna agat le roghnú astu. Má fhaigheann tú an feadán is féidir leat éirí de thalamh ag Bond Street nó Oxford Circus don cheantar is faide ó dheas, agus tá Páirc Regents agus Great Portland Street lastuaidh ionas gur féidir leat feadán a ghabháil go héasca chun luí isteach ar an áit go díreach a bhfuil tú ag dul. Cad atá níos mó, Tá stáisiúin traenach Marylebone agus Euston in aice láimhe agus déanann na carrchlóis ag Portland Place agus Sráid Harley an saol beagán níos éasca dóibh siúd a thagann isteach i gcarr..