Lambeth Asylum
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The Lambeth Asylum was a hospital situated in the Lambeth borough in London during the 19th century.
History
The Lambeth Asylum was designed by the architect Arthur Hayes, his first and only project, in 1850. Unlike other hospitals, the asylum was largely undocumented with its records of treatment administered there vague. The hospital was financially supported by the Templars.
Sometime during the 19th century, the Templar John Elliotson who worked in the asylum distributed the drug Starrick's Soothing Syrup to its patients. Elliotson also conducted brutal experiments such as electrocution. By 1868, the Assassin Jacob Frye infiltrated the asylum to assassinate Elliotson.
Much later, Jacob's twin sister Evie Frye and young accomplice Clara O'Dea visited the asylum to find a cure for Babylon Alley's children. Clara herself had gotten the disease and, with the nurse Florence Nightingale, Evie managed to find the cure.
However, following the assassination of Lambeth Asylum's only benefactor, businessman Crawford Starrick, the hospital closed its doors in January 1869 and was demolished later that year.