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Thomas Story Kirkbride (July 31, 1809 – December 16, 1883) was a physician, alienist, and hospital superintendent for the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and primary founder of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII), the organizational precursor to the American Psychiatric Association.
Philadelphia portal; Thomas Bond (May 2, 1713 – March 26, 1784) was an American physician and surgeon. [1] In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American colonies, with Benjamin Franklin, and also volunteered his services there as both physician and teacher.
The emergency room entrance at Pennsylvania Hospital at 9th and Spruce streets. Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical ...
Charity Hospital sustained severe flood damage during Hurricane Katrina and was closed. [2] 1751 Pennsylvania Hospital: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Private, non-profit hospital founded by Ben Franklin. [3] 1771 New York Hospital
In 1751, Franklin and Thomas Bond obtained a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature to establish a hospital. Pennsylvania Hospital was the first hospital in the colonies. [77] In 1752, Franklin organized the Philadelphia Contributionship, the Colonies' first homeowner's insurance company. [78] [79]
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirms the Berwick Hospital Center will close within 90 days, according to Newswatch 16. People who work at the hospital's affiliated clinics feared this ...
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 ...
Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 [a] – August 4, 1931) was an American surgeon and hospital founder. A Black American, he founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Provident also had an associated nursing school for African Americans.