Abstract
London's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) opened as a 10-bed centre in February, 1852. Founder Charles West aimed to fight childhood mortality in the capital, and to discover the causes. At the time, one in three children died before adulthood. From its beginning, the hospital inspired charitable support, famously including a fundraising dinner by Charles Dickens and the rights to Peter Pan donated by J M Barrie.
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