Keywords: x-rays
Item 11425
X-ray photograph of hand, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1896 Location: Watertown Media: Photographic print
Item 105544
Southern Maine Radiation Therapy Institute at Maine Medical Center, Portland, 1974
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1974 Location: Portland Media: photographic print
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
Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus
Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2
"… Burns R.N.R.T., supervisor of the hospital’s X-Ray Department, the school achieved accreditation by the American Registry of X-Ray Technicians in…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3
"… of tissue required the study of pathology, and recovery required knowledge of physical therapy, not to mention X-Ray and radium treatments."
Story
My education and work at THE Mercy
by Judy Harmon
Judy Harmon discussed X-Ray School, changing technology, and her 1960s jeep
Story
45 years at Mercy Hospital
by Leah Davis
As of 2018, Leah Davis worked at Mercy for 45 years
