Keywords: Newborn
Item 73320
Nursing newborns, Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 73319
Maternity Ward Nurse, Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1926
Who is this nurse?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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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.
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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2
"… adult and pediatric patients and delivered 1,200 newborns (100 of them premature). The hospital also referred 12,000 outpatients, treated 7,000…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
"Newborn babies would be diapered in absorbing spagnum, moss, cattail or milkweed fluff, and wrapped in a soft fir."
