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Caribou Public Library

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Bangor Public Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… of advances in cardiac surgery and preventative health breakthroughs. By the mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Sisters of Mercy, reached an agreement with Mercy Health System of Maine to take over the hospital’s now-vacated 91 State Street building."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to offer instruction in personal hygiene and community sanitation."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… Mercy in Portland, Maine to respond to the severe health crisis of 1918. Asked about what qualifications there should be for a Sister of Mercy…"

Mercy Hospital - From Queen's to Mercy

"The publication talks about the transition from Queen's Hospital to Mercy. Click the image to open full PDF with transcription."

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"… wasn’t the first hospital open to the general public in Maine, it wasn’t far behind. Modern hospital care as its understood in the 21st century, is…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… over $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive. Mercy also received nearly $240,000 in federal funds for furnishings and…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… climbed to 15, and the school held its first public graduation ceremony in 1930 at Portland’s Cathedral Guild Hall, where eight graduates received…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"A 1930s publication emphasized the rise of “an entirely new idea of a nurse” that was concerned not just with treatment but prevention of illness."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 133-end

"… Dance, and Circular Waltz; various etiquette and health instructions, and explains the duties of a dance manager, and dances he led or received…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Some rusticators spent time in Blue Hill for health reasons. They could get away from dirty cities and breathe fresh coastal air."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Instead of botany and physiology, it was Health and Biology. Latin gradually disappeared from the curriculum."

Maine Forest Service

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"She suffered from an extended period of poor health and never left the house. Eliza was especially close to her sister Zilpah, who was one year older."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"… of bearing eight children left her in precarious health. Stephen Longfellow (1776-1849) Stephen Longfellow was born in Gorham, the town to which…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… for an "Increase in Widow's Pension" X His health continued to decline and he died of diarrhea on January 6, 1865 in Belle Isle Prison."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"The Island's public health and postal services have been marked by the continued placement of women in leadership positions over the past century."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… philosophy of dancing, of "proper" society, of health, of appropriate manners, instructions for dances, and details about the various members of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… of the Village of Atlantic on the Committee for Health and Sanitation for many years starting in the early 1950s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"With his health failing, Rufus returned to his home in New York where he died 26 April 1827. Sources Ernst, Robert. Rufus King: American Federalist."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… thirty-one years as the school physician and health officer for Scarborough. During this time, Dr."