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Historical Items

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Item 103688

Bowdoin College medical students, Brunswick, ca. 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1869 Location: Brunswick Media: Tintype

Item 7588

Maine Medical Center nurses' tea, Portland, 1963

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1963-06-03 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 105539

Vaughan Hall/McGeachey Hall at Maine Medical Center, Portland, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 135763

Charles A. Dana Education Center elevations, Portland, 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Doing Good: Medical Stories of Maine

Throughout Maine’s history, individuals have worked to improve and expand medical care, not only for the health of those living in Maine, but for many around the world who need care and help.

Exhibit

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

Chinese in Maine

In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.

Site Pages

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Maine Medical Center Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"1980Northern Light Mercy Hospital Medical texts used by some of the early students remind the modern reader how medicine has changed over the years."

My Maine Stories

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Story

My education and work at THE Mercy
by Judy Harmon

Judy Harmon discussed X-Ray School, changing technology, and her 1960s jeep

Story

Nursing at Mercy Hospital during WWII
by Roberta Loring

Education and nursing at Mercy Hospital during World War II.

Story

My work as chief of surgery at Mercy Hospital
by Dr. Robert McAfee, MD

Dr. McAfee, MD, former chief of surgery discussed his former colleagues and his work at Mercy

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.