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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer Dr. Henry ClearwaterHubbard Free Library Henry P."

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Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page

"Benjamin Page (1770 - 1844) practiced medicine, performed minor surgery and sold patent medicine. His proficiency in the field of obstetrics earned…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… starch which is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other products. Potatoes that are not suitable for sale as table stock are…"

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Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… and in Health Hallowell's Contribution To Modern Medicine In the years following the Revolution many trained physicians came to the Kennebec…"

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Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… in pursuit of what Ulrich describes as "social medicine," traveled in all kinds of weather, including storms and floods."

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Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"After attending medical school he practiced medicine in Virginia but returned to Hallowell in 1830 and set up his practice in a small office off…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order patent-medicine concern. The largest single employer, established after the Civil War, was the granite…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"So, without hospitals or medicine, people would get to the point where they die. Also, if they don’t die they could have to be home sick for the rest…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… tour guides and Indian entertainers, performing medicine shows and traditional song and dance, selling crafts and posing for photographs in Indian…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… during the War of 1812 and later practiced medicine in Boothbay and Wiscasset. He was a member of the newly formed Maine State Senate from 1820 to…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Fishing Medicinal fish oil factory on Johnson Island, Swan's Island, ca. 1910Swan's Island Historical Society By the 1800s fishing became more…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… citizens would either have food, clothing or medicine brought to their home if they had one, or if they had no home they would join the other…"

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Belfast Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… of Maine at Bowdoin College in 1823 and practiced medicine in Portland with his father Stephen Cummings."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… graduated from Harvard College and also studied medicine after graduation. Once in office, his uncle appointed him to the official expedition to…"

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… of products would be food, ingredients, and medicine. They shipped potash which is found in chimneys, and it was made into gun powder."

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United Society of Shakers

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"Off stage, he was a hunter, guide, medicine man, and tribal leader. Clever in the marketplace, he boosted sales of Wabanaki relics and crafts by…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… birds and fish, and gathered plants for food, medicine, and raw materials. And while local resources were the focus of their subsistence, they also…"

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… the early students remind the modern reader how medicine has changed over the years. Mary Elizabeth Connolly (class of ’31) used a textbook…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… gave courses in chemistry, geology, and medicine. As his professional reputation grew, he declined offers of positions at Harvard and other…"