Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Pennsylvania Hospital - or the oldest hospital in the United States

Facts:
  • I haven't posted as much recently because I have been interviewing and looking for jobs. 
  • You probably don't care about that.
  • Another unrelated fact? The woman in the apartment next door thinks that we live in a slum and that it's okay for her to leave her trash in the hall.

  • This is the first hospital in the United States and founded by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond in 1751.
  • The building below is still in use.
  • The hospital was, and still is, a teaching hospital.
  • It held the first Medical Library and in 1847 was designated the largest medical library in the country by the American Medical Association.
Do:

Don't:
  • Wait too long in the spring. The garden blooms for only a few short weeks. 
  • Know where to go? The hospital is located at 800 Spruce Street.

5 comments:

  1. I do love a good unrelated fact - damn you Trashy Neighbor Turnkey!

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  2. Thank you! Yes, it is so very frustrating. It makes me irrationally angry. But I can't understand it - in what world is it okay to leave trash in the hallway????!!!

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  3. This blog makes me want to go to Philadelphia, and this entry in particular makes me want to go even more, especially in spring.

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  4. inside the hospital...at least during the time i was there for childbirth related activites, there was an awesome display of pottery etc that had been excavated from the hospital grounds. I spent hours creepily staring at it.

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  5. You should come to Philadelphia!!! And Matchstick Girl - that sounds lovely - the pottery - not the childbirth related activities.

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