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The history of hospitals began in antiquity with hospitals in Greece, the Roman Empire and on the Indian subcontinent as well, starting with precursors in the Asclepian temples in ancient Greece and then the military hospitals in ancient Rome. The Greek temples were dedicated to the sick and infirm but did not look anything like modern hospitals.
St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC) is the oldest continuously operating hospital and the first Catholic hospital in San Francisco. St. Mary's Hospital was opened on July 27, 1857 by the Sisters of Mercy. 1858 St. Joseph Community Hospital: Vancouver, Washington: Merged PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, 2010 [32] 1858 Long Island College Hospital
The Blockley Almshouse, later known as Philadelphia General Hospital, was a charity hospital and poorhouse located in West Philadelphia. It originally opened in 1732/33 in a different part of the city as the Philadelphia Almshouse (not to be confused with the Friends' Almshouse , established 1713).
Pages in category "History of hospitals" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Indiana Medical History Museum is an Indianapolis monument to the beginning of psychiatric medical research. It is located on the grounds of what was formerly Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane , later shortened to Central State Hospital. [ 2 ]
The United States Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, in the Portland neighborhood was part of the U.S. Marine Hospital system, which was run by the Marine Hospital Service and its successor the Public Health Service, primarily for the benefit of the civilian merchant marine. The campus contained two main buildings, both of which still exist.
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The 1821 Ether Dome of the Massachusetts General Hospital is still in use as a lecture hall. Another surviving operating theater is the Old Operating Theatre in London . [ 13 ] Built in 1822, it is now a museum of surgical history.