The foundation for the hospital was laid in May 1792.
THE inscription on a tin plate inside its original foundation stone reads: “Erected for healing of diseases of the poor, with money voluntarily contributed by the inhabitants of this city, and other benevolent people inWith its large venetian window and four Corinthian columns and crowned with a ‘light and graceful’ cupola, the original
The infirmary was built immediately to the west of Glasgow Cathedral on land that held the ruins of the Bishop's Castle, which dated from at least the 13th century.
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