Records, 1879-1969.

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Records, 1879-1969.

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MC 915, the Free Hospital for Women Records, 1869-1969, contains over 60 volumes of outpatient records describing the treatment of thousands of women from the late 19th century through the 1960s. Research notes, photographs, scrapbooks, reprints, and other published materials describe the training of nurses, medical research and procedures conducted by staff physicians. Account books, donation and endowment records, visitor registries, meeting minutes, monthly reports, secretary records of the Ladies Board for the Free Hospital for Women detail the administrative structure and the individuals who supported the institution.

30.67 cubic ft. in 14 record cartons, 2 flat document boxes, 33 volumes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Boston Lying-In Hospital.

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Boston Lying-in Hospital (BLI) was the earliest incarnation of what is known today as the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 1832, the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society and the Massachusetts Humane Society each contributed $5000 towards the establishment of a hospital “for the care and relief of poor and deserving women.” Dr. Walter Channing and Dr. Enoch Hale are credited as the founders and first attending physicians of the Boston Lying-in Hospital. Boston Lying-in H...

Free Hospital for Women.

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