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Bethesda Oak Hospital
Bethesda Oak Hospital (originally Bethesda Hospital) was a hospital in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Built in 1897, it grew into one of the largest hospitals in the city before declining in the 1990s and closing in 2000. It was named after the Pool of Bethesda. Establishment In 1886, seven German Methodist deaconesses moved into a small cottage in Mt. Auburn, devoting their lives to caring for the sick and the poor. Soon their overcrowded cottage became a makeshift miniature hospital. In 1898, the German Methodist Deaconess Home Association purchased the Reamy Hospital, a 20-bed private hospital operated by prominent gynecological surgeon Thaddeus A. Reamy at the corner of Oak Street and Reading Road. The Deaconnesses moved their patients to this location and renamed it Bethesda Hospital. Growth Bethesda expanded with a new maternity hospital in 1913 and the 30-bed Marjorie Louise Strecker Hospital for Children in 1920. In 1927, Bethesda opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a rivertown crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
