Keywords: Public health
Item 22347
Children's health camp, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: Photographic print
Item 28701
Portland Good Health Parade, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 135759
McGeachey Hall Mental Health Center floor plan, Portland, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Stevens Architects
Item 109326
Proposed Community, Health, and Recreation Facility, Bangor, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Inverstors Realty Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Among the Lungers: Treating TB
Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.
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.
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Story
Being an NP during social unrest
by Jacqueline P. Fournier
A snapshot of Mainers in a medical crisis of the time/Human experience in Maine.
Story
My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson
I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea
