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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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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 - 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."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… transported to the mainland those who needed medical care, purchased immunizations and sanitation supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast…"

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

"… Maine General Hospital, BangorEastern Maine Medical Center As time went on, Eastern Maine Medical Center continued to improve and grow."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… dropped from the line in 1956 as focus shifted to medical supply items. In 1958, a devastating fire wiped out the entire production and warehousing…"

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."

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…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… were: Supply Belcher - 1751 - 1836 Supply Belcher PortraitFarmington Historical Society Supply Belcher Homestead, Farmington, ca."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… a time when the words ‘moron’ and ‘idiot’ were medical diagnoses. It’s a time when blacks and whites weren’t supposed to be living together in the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"British ships prowled Penobscot Bay, cutting off supply routes and conscripting men into the British navy."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The main hospital building at the Aroostook Medical Center on Academy Street is named in his honor. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

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…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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