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  2. History of hospitals - Wikipedia

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    The voluntary hospital movement began in the early 18th century, with hospitals being founded in London by the 1710s and 20s, including Westminster Hospital (1719) promoted by the private bank C. Hoare & Co and Guy's Hospital (1724) funded from the bequest of the wealthy merchant, Thomas Guy. Other hospitals sprang up in London and other ...

  3. Category:Hospitals established in the 1800s - Wikipedia

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  4. List of the oldest hospitals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Fever hospital - Wikipedia

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    After the London Fever Hospital was established in 1802, six more hospitals were established in London by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.These were designed with two separate buildings – one for smallpox patients and one for sufferers from other infectious diseases: cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, typhus and whooping cough.

  6. Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    Boston City Hospital opened a scarlet fever pavilion in 1887 to house patients with infectious diseases and saw nearly 25,000 patients during 1895–1905. [56] In the mid-1800s, more specific epidemiological information was emerging and incidence in infants were found to be low. [56]

  7. Lunatic asylum - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in Philadelphia in 1751 as a result of work begun in 1709 by the Religious Society of Friends. A portion of this hospital was set apart for the mentally ill, and the first patients were admitted in 1752. [16] Virginia is recognized as the first state to establish an institution for the mentally ill. [17]

  8. History of medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Conditions were worse in the Confederacy, where doctors and medical supplies were in short supply. [26] The war had a dramatic long-term impact on American medicine, from new surgical technique to creation of many hospitals, to expanded nursing and to modern research facilities.

  9. Category:1800s in health - Wikipedia

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    Hospitals established in the 1800s (7 C) This page was last edited on 24 May 2020, at 13:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...