The following is a list of the oldest
hospital
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s in the United States, containing
extant
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hospitals in the United States established prior to the year 1900. The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporary reference to the hospital.
Hospitals
Eighteenth century
1859 BostonDispensary AshStreet BennettStreet.png, Boston Dispensary, 1859
A Scene in the New York Morgue.jpg, Bellevue Hospital morgue, 1859
PennsylvaniaHospitalWilliamStrickland.jpg, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1811
Nineteenth century
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New York Hospital on 1852 map.jpg, New York Hospital, 1852 map
See also
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History of medicine in the United States
The history of medicine in the United States encompasses a variety of approaches to health care in the United States spanning from colonial days to the present. These interpretations of medicine vary from early folk remedies that fell under vario ...
References
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*Oldest
History of medicine in the United States