Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1824-1915 (inclusive).

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Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1824-1915 (inclusive).

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Includes 364 volumes of surgical records, 1824-1903; 531 volumes of medical records, 1824-1903; and 20 volumes of autopsy reports, ca.1860-ca.1890. Also includes ca. 25 volumes of financial records, 1838-1915, including Business Office ledgers, and various account books pertaining to investments and other matters of both Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals; and a considerable amount of other material.

ca. 940 v.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Massachusetts general hospital

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...

McLean Hospital

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