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A history of the Pennsylvania Hospital / Kristen A. Graham.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating RA982.P52 P46 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Kristen A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- State hospitals--Pennsylvania--History.
- State hospitals.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- On the eve of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Hospital opened its doors as a provincial charity for the physically and mentally ill. In a matter of decades, it became not only America's first "voluntary" hospital, but also the home of the first apothecary, medical library and surgical amphitheatre. From its radical conception by a group of extraordinary colonists, the hospital has evolved into a world-renowned facility that treats over 225,000 patients a year. In A History of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Kristen Graham introduces the people and ideas that guided Pennsylvania Hospital through numerous wars and social and economic crises, landing it at the forefront of healing, learning and innovation.
- Contents:
- Roots of the nation's first hospital
- Dr. Bond stirs up support
- Politics and organizing : the hospital's first days
- Running a hospital
- A permanent home
- The French and Indian War
- Medical lectures
- Medical education : America's first medical resident
- Admissions in the Colonial period : daily routine
- The hospital during the Revolution
- Yellow fever epidemic
- Changing admissions policies
- Psychiatry
- Medical library and historic collections
- The board of managers
- The lying-in ward
- The dreaded circular room
- War of 1812
- Board of female assistants
- Conditions in the early nineteenth century
- Civil War
- Medical advances
- Spanish-American War
- Ayer Clinical Laboratory
- The hospital during World War I
- Advances in outpatient care
- The hospital during World War II
- The Benjamin Franklin Clinic
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Women in medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital
- Nursing at Pennsylvania Hospital
- Buildings, artwork and grounds
- Two centuries of care : the first female intern
- The Cathcart era brings modernization, specialties
- Early merger talks : changes in healthcare, a new partnership
- A crossroads : the future of the institute
- The future of the hospital
- Emerging from a difficult time
- The contemporary hospital : looking ahead
- Past and future
- Pennsylvania Hospital : a timeline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-128).
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Zebooker fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781596295674
- 1596295678
- OCLC:
- 284590314
- Publisher Number:
- 40016108940
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