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A history of the Pennsylvania Hospital
- Title
- A history of the Pennsylvania Hospital / Kristen A. Graham.
- Author
- Graham, Kristen A.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ISD (Philadelphia) 10-626 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 128 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-128).
- 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.
- Call Number
- ISD (Philadelphia) 10-626
- ISBN
- 9781596295674
- 1596295678
- LCCN
- 2008033419
- 40016108940
- OCLC
- 284590314
- Author
- Graham, Kristen A.
- Title
- A history of the Pennsylvania Hospital / Kristen A. Graham.
- Imprint
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-128).
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40016108940
- Research Call Number
- ISD (Philadelphia) 10-626