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Historical Items

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Item 105215

West Pavilion of Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 105220

Maine General Hospital, Portland, ca. 1892

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 105218

Maine General Hospital, Portland, ca. 1892

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

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.

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.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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