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  2. History of hospitals - Wikipedia

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    As these hospitals were located in cities, more numerous demands were made upon them than upon those attached to the monasteries. In this movement the bishop naturally took the lead, hence the hospitals founded by Heribert (d. 1021) in Cologne , Godard (d. 1038) in Hildesheim , Conrad (d. 975) in Constance , and Ulrich (d. 973) in Augsburg .

  3. History of Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The first psychiatric hospital in the United States was built in the city in the 1770s as the, "Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds" (known in modern times as Eastern State Hospital), was established by act of the Virginia colonial legislature on June 4, 1770. The act, which intended to, "Make Provision for the Support ...

  4. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

  5. Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Hospitals in this era were the first to require medical licenses for doctors, and compensation for negligence could be made. [27] [28] Hospitals were forbidden by law to turn away patients who were unable to pay. [29] These hospitals were financially supported by waqfs, as well as state funds. [25]

  6. Eastern State Hospital (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The hospital's location and space issues made a move necessary. Between 1937 and 1968, all of Eastern State's patients were moved to a new facility on the outskirts of Williamsburg, Virginia, where it continues to operate today. In 1985, the original hospital was reconstructed on its excavated foundations by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  7. Category : Hospital buildings on the National Register of ...

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    Pages in category "Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    At the time, addicts were lucky to find a hospital bed to detox in. A hundred years ago, the federal government began the drug war with the Harrison Act, which effectively criminalized heroin and other narcotics. Doctors were soon barred from addiction maintenance, until then a common practice, and hounded as dope peddlers.

  9. Inova Health System - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1950s, residents of Fairfax County, Virginia, perceived a need for a community hospital, as county residents were forced to travel to Arlington, Alexandria, or Washington, D.C., to obtain hospital services and care. [8] [9] The Fairfax County Hospital Commission incorporated the Fairfax Hospital Association (FHA) in February 1956.