Keywords: Early Surgery
Item 7516
Maine General Hospital surgical amphitheater, Portland, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 104149
Mercy Hospital technician, Portland, ca. 1941
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1941 Location: Portland Media: Black and White 35mm Slide
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Medicine in Times Past
Inspired by Dr. Greenleaf Wilbur's medical box at the Skowhegan History House, this exhibit highlights some Mainers in the medical field of the past and the stories they had.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals
"The Stratton hospital had doctors that preformed surgeries on the kitchen table. The small Stratton Hospital continued to care for patients until…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy
"… founded to treat patients with diseases requiring surgery, and had 50 beds by 1918. None of these facilities, however, proved sufficient to cope…"
Story
Water is Music
by P Leone
Throughout her life water has played an important part
