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President Jefferson has White House inmates vaccinated.
President Jackson acts as nurse in a smallpox case.
The board of health of Washington City
The Washington Poorhouse.
Dr. Alexander McWilliams
Need of a public hospital
Dr. Thomas Ewell's plan
The name Columbia Hospital suggested
The plan fails.....
Hospitals during the war of 1812
Cholera epidemic of 1832....
Location of cholera hospitals.
Committees appointed to interest Congress in a hospital..
The Washington Infirmary.
Appropriation for an insane asylum
Building turned over to Columbian Medical College.
Appropriations for support of the hospital
Specific payments for specific services
Enlargement of the hospital ...
The United States occupies the infirmary as a war hospital.
The building burned
Reform in the management of insane asylums...
Work of Pinel and Tuke....
Mechanical restraint abolished in England
Four insane asylums in the United States in 1800
Introduction of the reform ideas into this country..
Dorothea Lynde Dix....
Beginning of Miss Dix's work in Massachusetts..
Founding of the asylums at Trenton, N. J., and Harrisburg, Pa..
Sketch of Miss Dix.....
The "Five Million Acres " bill..
The bill vetoed by President Pierce...
A Government hospital for the insane started....
A portion of the St. Elizabeth grant favored for a location....
Reluctance of Thomas Blagden to sell......
Beginning of the work..........
Organization of the asylum.
Dr. Miller's claims...
Regulation of admissions.
Membership of the first board of visitors.
The hospital during the rebellion..
Then first known as "St. Elizabeth".
Dr. Charles H. Nichols...
Dr. W. W. Godding..
Dr. J. M. Toner..
CHAPTER III.
THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
L'age.
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Deaf and dumb children brought from New York City..
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind...
The Washington Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum.
Industrial education provided for
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Board of directors of the Columbian Institution to grant degrees.
National Deaf-Mute College..
Mr. Kendall succeeded by Dr. Gallaudet as president..
Successes of graduates..
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The normal department.....
Free scholarships.......
The blind children transferred to the Maryland Asylum..
Course of study for the blind....
Enlargement of the Columbia Institution.
Contributors to the fund.....
The gymnasium........
The Gallaudet College
Action of the alumni.
Address of President Welling
The Kendall School.....
The French statue of Dr. Thomas Gallaudet.
Representation by Congress on the board of trustees
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Churches and schoolhouses turned into hospitals
List of army hospitals in the District of Columbia during the war.
The Army Medical Museum
Ford's Theater......
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion
Index to the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office.
The Soldiers' Home.
Funds for support
Located by Gen. Winfield Scott...
Officers of the Home....
Amusements...
Societies..
Expenses
Accommodations..
Hospital facilities
The Naval Hospital...
Work of the hospital
Improvements suggested..
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CHAPTER V.
GENERAL HOSPITALS.
The Providence Hospital....
Dr. Toner's efforts to establish a hospital.
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A hospital opened by the Sisters of Charity of Emmitsburg, Md..
First public announcement..........
Interest of Thaddeus Stevens, Samuel J. Randall, and James A. Garfield.
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Resolutions of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia.
Transfer of the property of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'
Home..
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VI.
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HOSPITALS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES.
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The Columbia Hospital for Women..
Dr. J. Harry Thompson's reports.
Need of a hospital for women..
Secretary of War Stanton sends supplies..
The hospital opened in the Hill mansion.
First Congressional appropriation........
Management of the hospital..
A dispensary established..
A permanent Government institution..
Misapplication of charities.
Financial tangles as to the site...
Dr. Thompson succeeded by Dr. Patrick J. Murphy..
Board of lady visitors..
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Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
The training school for nurses..
The Children's Hospital....
Dr. S. C. Busey starts the project for a children's hospital.
Incorporation..
Dr. James C. Hall's bequest.
The first home of the hospital.
The management
Gifts and endowments.
Reports of President S. V. Niles.
Board of lady visitors...
Amendments to the by-laws.
Training school for nurses..
Contributions to the hospital..
Beginning of the dispensary work..
First medical staff .....
Connection with Georgetown University.
First patient admitted for operation and treatment.
Need of an accident hospital..
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