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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… in the fall of 1918, with one of the greatest health crisis in the city's history, the pandemic known as the Spanish Influenza."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… of advances in cardiac surgery and preventative health breakthroughs. By the mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Sisters of Mercy, reached an agreement with Mercy Health System of Maine to take over the hospital’s now-vacated 91 State Street building."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… loved ones, the disease left an impact on public health policy in Maine. For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"… one space for classrooms, a library, and faculty offices. In 1968, the School of Nursing contracted with St."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… Society Have you ever wondered what mental health activist Dorothea Dix, U.S. Vice President (1861-1865), Hannibal Hamlin, world renowned author…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… www.islesborocommunitycenter.org Islesboro Health Center, PO Box 137, 150 Main Road, 734.2213 Islesboro Island News (paper), 307 Pendleton Point…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… thirty-one years as the school physician and health officer for Scarborough. During this time, Dr."

Bangor Public Library

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Some rusticators spent time in Blue Hill for health reasons. They could get away from dirty cities and breathe fresh coastal air."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A committee from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… in Massachusetts for a time, but James's ill health—probably the effects of malaria—brought them back to Maine and to North Yarmouth, where they…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"It was located on Taylor Street, and health care was free. They only charged for prescribed medicines."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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