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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"1980Northern Light Mercy Hospital Medical texts used by some of the early students remind the modern reader how medicine has changed over the years."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… school diploma, but also “a psychological test, medical and dental charts, and a personality exam.” With growth came further change."

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Items courtesy of Maine Memory and Maine Medical Center Archive. Maine General Hospital in moonlight, Portland, ca."

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… changing population, and dramatically different medical technologies. At the turn of the 21st century, as those challenges began to exceed the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Candid Photography

"… students a consistently high-quality nursing education. Mercy continually received praise for the quality of its nursing program."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"… School of Nursing operated from 1920 to 1987, and educated over 2,300 nurses. In 1965, all of the nursing school facilities were consolidated into…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… to be at the forefront of twentieth-century medical enhancements. X-Ray technology achieved perhaps the greatest attention after the Second World…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy Stories

"… expansion A Story by Sister Ellen Turner My education and work at THE Mercy A Story by Judy Harmon 45 years at Mercy Hospital A Story by…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… practice of facilitating training and continuing education for the Sisters and lay staff at other institutions."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"Along with the rest of the medical field, nursing underwent rapid transformation and professionalization at the turn of the twentieth century."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"She studied Clinical Pastoral Education and returned to Mercy Hospital as chaplain, a position she cherished from 1980 – 2005."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The prenatal clinic offered medical care and personal counseling to pregnant women who lacked a private physician or were unable to afford care…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… – Catholic and Protestant – to assist her to educate young children and girls, visit the poor and care for the sick in their homes, as well as to…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… by the establishment of a permanent lay medical staff first headed by Dr. Louis Derry. That same year the Record Room opened."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… children, and the other was the availability of educational and employment resources, public transportation, and social services."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Medical historians have found that the H1N1 strain of influenza (seen again in 2009) was exceptionally virulent, with death rates among the infected…"

Mercy Hospital - From Queen's to Mercy

"From Queen's to Mercy A 1941 capital funds campaign pamphlet for the construction of the new Mercy Hospital."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"Growth & Expansion Text contributions from Ian Saxine, MHS Historian. Items courtesy of Mercy Hospital."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… Warrington, a "dissenting academy." He pursued a medical degree at the University of Ediburgh, but was interested in all areas of human knowledge."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Athanasius-St. John’s Parish. Medical needs of Rumford were addressed as early as 1841 when Dr. Thomas Roberts began practicing in Rumford Center; Dr."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… of these men were members of the Massachusetts Medical Society and many traveled to Boston for medical conferences."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… corner of Main Street and Roxbury Road and sold medical supplies, codfish, tea, molasses, rum, hardware, and bolts of cloth."