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The hospital was chartered in 1882 and on February 15, 1886, the forerunner to today's Allegheny General Hospital opened its doors. [5] In 1887, the hospital established a children's wing, and in 1889, an ambulance was donated to the hospital; AGH would operate its own ambulance service for the next 64 years.
Edward "Allegheny" Johnson (April 16, 1816 – March 2, 1873) was a United States Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Highly rated by Robert E. Lee, he was made a divisional commander under Richard S. Ewell. On the first evening of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), Ewell missed his opportunity to attack ...
After McGinnis left Allegheny General Hospital in 1971, he used his wife's US$7,000 inheritance and $50,000 from colleagues at hospital to found Lanz Medical Products in his house. McGinnis created ceramic anesthesia masks and tracheotomy tubes, using the kitchen oven as a kiln and the basement as a drying area.
Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located north across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, with its southwest border formed by the Ohio River, and is known today as the North Side.
William Robinson Jr. (17 December 1785 – 25 February 1868) was an American politician, business executive, and militia general active in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now the North Side of Pittsburgh. He was the first mayor of Allegheny and a state legislator.
Robert Ward Duggan (January 27, 1926 – March 5, 1974) [1] served as Allegheny County District Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a decade, from January 1964 until his shooting death under mysterious circumstances in March 1974.
Wiley was promoted to major general in 1907 and assigned as commander of the Pennsylvania Division, the organization now known as the 28th Infantry Division. [10] He served until retiring from the military in 1909. [11] He was succeeded by Wendell P. Bowman. He died in Franklin on December 28, 1909, and was buried at Franklin Cemetery. [12]
[10] [11] To avoid a bankruptcy liquidation of AHERF, the four Pittsburgh-area hospitals - Allegheny General, Forbes, Allegheny Valley and Canonsburg - merged with West Penn Hospital. In exchange, West Penn made a $25 million payment to AHERF's creditors, who agreed to release the AHERF hospitals from liability for all claims. [ 11 ]