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Botanic physician letter of diagnosis, Springvale, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886-07-23 Location: Sanford Media: Ink on paper

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Dr. Eben Bennet, Lubec, ca. 1928, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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