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Please enjoy our "Virtual Exhibits." However, note
that images CANNOT be used without permission.
If you would like to use an image,
please contact
us.
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Natural History
The Historic Library has many titles important to the study of natural history
which contain vivid illustrations of flora and fauna.
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Pennsylvania Hospital Serves in
War
Hospital staff served their country in the World Wars and
other conflicts.
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Psychiatry
Psychiatric care has a long tradition at Pennsylvania Hospital.
The majority of patients that presented themselves at
the Hospital in its earliest years
were "Lunaticks"(sic).
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Schools of Nursing at Pennsylvania
Hospital
From 1914 to 1965, there were two distinct nurse training
schools here, one for women, the other for men.
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Surgical Amphitheatre
The oldest existing surgical amphitheatre in the United States
was constructed in 1804.
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Works that Altered the Course
of Modern Medicine
The greats of medicine are well represented at Pennsylvania
Hospital. Early editions of Vesalius, Morgagni, Harvey, and
Pare, to name just a few, can be
found in the Historic Library.
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