Category: Science & Technology, Medicine & health, Facilities
Item 7444
Maine General Hospital patient ward, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 7471
Cost estimate for patient charges, Portland, 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1875-05-08 Location: Portland Media: Document
Item 109157
Bangor Osteopathic Hospital Nursing Home Wing, Bangor, 1960-1961
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960–1961 Location: Bangor Client: Bangor Osteopathic Hospital Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109305
Eastport Memorial Hospital drawings, Eastport, 1969-1974
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969–1974 Location: Eastport Client: Eastport Memorial Hospital Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Medicine in Times Past
Inspired by Dr. Greenleaf Wilbur's medical box at the Skowhegan History House, this exhibit highlights some Mainers in the medical field of the past and the stories they had.
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Story
Working at Mercy, a generational experience
by Carolyn Bridges
Carolyn Bridges has worked at Mercy Hospital for over 40 years
Story
30 years of work at Mercy
by Gordon Davis
Gordon Davis recounted anecdotes from his thirty years of employment at Mercy Hospital
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
