Keywords: Marine Hospital
Item 78968
Marine Hospital, Portland, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 82304
Commentary on seaman and marine hospital, Portland, ca. 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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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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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.
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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy
"Sailors had access to the U.S. Marine Hospital, the mentally ill could go to the State Asylum for the Insane in Augusta, and the poor could receive…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4
"… Homer, landscape painter best known for his marine subjects, was born in Boston 24 February 1836 to Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson…"
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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
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My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry
My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.
