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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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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."

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…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… settlers, alcohol was a social institution, a medicine, and an actively traded commodity. Yet it also presented problems for individuals and…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"1925 Courtesy of the Charles E. Burden Collection During the Prohibition era, many citizens diagnosed themselves for ailments requiring medicinal…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… specializes in natural foods, wines and natural medicines. The Irish Pub is a restaurant. In conclusion, the building on 34-38 Centre Street still…"

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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"Parsons, who often acted as medical doctors, saw it in the same light. Up to the early 1800s it was difficult to find a Parson who didn't drink…"

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…"

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…"

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."

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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Many of the mixtures were alcohol-based. X X X Wine Press Kendall & Whitney, Portland, early 20th century Courtesy of Doris…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Southgate left the practice of medicine to become a lawyer, judge and gentleman farmer. The large home he built overlooking the marsh on what is now…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… artifacts – pottery, fishhooks, dishes, buttons, medicine bottles, nails and so much more. Some of what the team found contradicts press reports…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… Pelvic Floor Disorder Treatment, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology Specialists, Robotically-assisted Surgery, Sleep Center of Maine, Sports…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… carpet thread, bolts of cloth, lamp chimneys, medicines and tooth powder. On the other side: cracker barrels, cheese wheels, beans, sugar, spices…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"They only charged for prescribed medicines. It had an all-female staff, and it only served women and children."