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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"… in the 21st century, is a recent development in medical history. Before the late 19th century, most sick people received care in their homes."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… library, community playground, the Regional Medical Center and school improvements. In the wake of the sardine industry’s demise those fishermen…"

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 - 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 - 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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Ella would frequently relay his medical advice to the caller. If the doctor was available for house calls, Ella would phone to determine who was ill."

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The medical facility was renovated and a physician’s office added; a new middle school was constructed and the old one sold for a dollar to house a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… including the Webber Hospital (Southern Maine Medical Center) and the McArthur Public Library. The Franco community, while shunning assimilation…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"At the time it was built with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"looms large in any history of Mercy. Sister Annunciata became the first Administrator of Queen’s Hospital in 1930, serving 37 years to 1967."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… having something there just in case there was a medical emergency. We also learned we needed a bigger and safer hospital."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… medicine empires have been part of Hallowell's medical history. While there are numerous prominent figures providing health care for the residents…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Two medical institutions served the Lincoln area at that time: the Workman Hospital and Lincoln Hospital—neither of which received certification to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"Joseph Healthcare. Eastern Maine Medical Center History Beginnings After the public discussed wanting a local hospital, a petition was started in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Eastern Maine Medical Center, 2015. Web. 28 May 2015. "Eastern Maine Medical Center: 1892-1920." Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X Eventually, Thelma Stratton opened the Stratton Hospital on the corner of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"… businesses; and his wife's serious illness and medical interventions used. Some of the people mentioned: Dr."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… a keeper of vital records, a chronicler of the medical history of her town. Her diary in 1793 documents the appearance in town of what had to be a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"At the moment my sister is having very bad medical issues, so she is always having appointments in far away places."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… his net worth by engaging in the importing of medical supplies. This merchant physician was known as a ruthless debt collector and given the amount…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… two drugstores, and had been a high-ranking medical student from the University of Massachusetts before establishing his business."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Money could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities."