HISTORY OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL.|A

Meigs, J. Forsyth

Published by Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street, Philadelphia, PA, 1877

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8vo. publisher's pebbled cloth, gilt on cover and spine. 145 pages. A short history of what is considered the oldest hospital in the United States. Three engraved plates. Minor wear, else a near fine copy. In the year 1851, Dr. George B. Wood prepared, at the request of the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital, a history of the first hundred years of the Institution. At the close of the year 1875, the Managers, in view of the approaching celebration in the year 1876, in this city, of the hundredth year of the nation, deemed it wise to have the history of the Hospital continued to that period. The following sketch of the first quarter of the second century of the Institution (1851-1876) is the fruit of this action of the Managers When the Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, it was for the distinct purpose of caring not only for citizens of Philadelphia who might be injured or acutely ill, but also for "strangers" in the city, who could not be provided with proper care in inns or lodgings. For this reason it can justly assert its claim to be considered as the oldest hospital in the United States. publisher's pebbled cloth, gilt on cover and spine. Seller Inventory # 138969

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Title: HISTORY OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SECOND ...

Publisher: Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street, Philadelphia, PA

Publication Date: 1877

Binding: Hardcover