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The history of public health in the United states studies the US history of public health roles of the medical and nursing professions; scientific research; municipal sanitation; the agencies of local, state and federal governments; and private philanthropy. It looks at pandemics and epidemics and relevant responses with special attention to ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... 1920; 1921; 1922; ... 1925; Pages in category "Hospital buildings completed in 1920" The following 23 pages are ...
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The history of hospitals began in antiquity with hospitals in Greece, the Roman Empire and on the Indian subcontinent as well, starting with precursors in the Asclepian temples in ancient Greece and then the military hospitals in ancient Rome. The Greek temples were dedicated to the sick and infirm but did not look anything like modern hospitals.
The first occupant of 161 East 90th Street was Pan American Hospital, which was intended "to serve the Latin-American people through their own Spanish and Portuguese-speaking doctors and nurses." [ 4 ] Creation of the hospital was encouraged by William Sharpe , "the first president of the Pan-American Medical Association."
1920s: Finance. America's wealth more than doubled in the years between 1920 and '29. Most of this wealth funneled into finance and industry, but enough trickled down to low-level employees to let ...
1920 – First radio broadcasts, by KDKA in Pittsburgh and WWJ in Detroit; 1920 – Volstead Act; 1920 – Esch–Cummins Act; 1920 – Economy collapses. The Depression of 1920–21 begins. 1920 – National Football League is formed; 1920 – 1920 U.S. presidential election: Warren G. Harding elected president, and Calvin Coolidge vice president.