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Lawrence Washington (1718 – July 26, 1752) was an American soldier, planter, politician, and prominent landowner in colonial Virginia.As a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia, and a member of the colonial legislature representing Fairfax County, Virginia, he founded the town of Alexandria, Virginia on the banks of the Potomac River in 1749.
When Washington state took over financial responsibility for Firland in 1971, one third of Firland patients were being forcibly quarantined. [1] Firland's final day in operation was October 30, 1973. The tuberculosis epidemic in Washington state was winding down, and Firland patients were consolidated with Mountain View Hospital patients in Tacoma.
He was 19 years old at the time and traveling with his half-brother, Lawrence Washington, who was suffering from tuberculosis. [1] George Washington contracted [small pox] during his stay, and was nursed back to health at the house. [1] Barbados apparently was the only country outside the present United States that George Washington ever ...
King County Tuberculosis Hospital Seattle, Washington [36] 1930 Lake View Sanatorium: Madison, Wisconsin [37] 1933 Sioux San Hospital: Rapid City, South Dakota: 1934 Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Tempe, Arizona [38] 1934 Glenn Dale Hospital: Glenn Dale, Maryland: 1936 Dr. Hudson Sanitarium: Newton County, Arkansas [39] 1939 University ...
This July 12, 1953, article by El Paso historian Cleofas Calleros traces Hotel Dieu’s history from Sister Stella burrowing $5,500 to buy the hospital site at Stanton and Rio Grande streets to ...
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In 1911, after the death of a son to tuberculosis, he donated land and funds to open Henry Sanatorium in Seattle, later renamed Firland Tuberculosis Hospital. [8] He was an investor in, and vice president of, the Metropolitan Building Company, which developed the Metropolitan Tract in Seattle. The 11-story Henry Building there [9] was named for ...
Lawrence Flick State Hospital was a state mental health hospital near Cresson, Pennsylvania that had several different names and uses before becoming defunct and converted into a prison in the 1980s. It is located on Old Route 22 , approximately one mile east of the town of Cresson in Cambria County and has a rich history of service to the ...