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Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Health and Hospice On April 23, 1996, VNA Home Health and Hospice (VNA), aligned with Mercy Health System of Maine, which was part of Catholic…"

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.

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

"For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to offer instruction in personal hygiene and community sanitation."

St. Joseph Healthcare

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… here must be understood and treated as a whole person.” She oversaw the expansion of the Pastoral Care department following the Second Vatican…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… but at Mercy they “feel that they get more personal care.” Indeed, patient feedback often mentioned this feeling in letters to the hospital’s…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… windows is unfavorably looked upon by well-bred persons and is strictly forbidden.” Students rose at 6 A.M., and attended breakfast no later than…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… philosophy of dancing, of "proper" society, of health, of appropriate manners, instructions for dances, and details about the various members of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Today, Strong has its own health and dental center, and the Farmington hospital continues to serve residents for more serious issues."

Bangor Public Library

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Instead of botany and physiology, it was Health and Biology. Latin gradually disappeared from the curriculum."

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…"

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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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Reports in Town Reports) During this time, health was also an issue. The influenza epidemic of 1919 closed schools for weeks."