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Historical Items

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Item 16261

Women's Surgical Ward, Eastern Maine General Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 16260

Eastern Maine General Hospital's Women's Medical Ward, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 105525

Women's ward at Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans

Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.

Exhibit

Maine's Untold Vegetarian History

Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… home making a room surgically clean; preparing a patient for operation, even for abdominal surgery; administering ether anesthesia by drop method…"

Site Page

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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My Maine Stories

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Story

How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk

My life and career as a USAF Nurse