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Lancaster County Institutions

Lancaster County has a long-established history of medical institutions, including the oldest pharmacy and second oldest hospital in the United States. The following articles relate to the history of specific hospitals and health institutions in Lancaster county.

Invalid Feeders

Also known as Pap Boats, Invalid Feeders were used throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century to aid in the feeding of patients that were too weak to feed themselves.

Lancaster General Hospital: 1893 to 1912

 Nikitas J. Zervanos, MD

The Building of the NICU: Memoirs of a Neonatologist

 Manjeet Kaur, M.D. - This except comes from 'My Garden of Flowers: Miracles in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - What Every NICU Family Needs to Know'.

A History of Lancaster General Hospital: Part 1

 Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

Heart Haven

 Joseph Eckenrode, M.D. - Page 89 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

A History of Lancaster General Hospital: Part 2

 Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

D. Holmes Morton, M.D.

 Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 19 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

The History of the Intensive Care Unit and Nursing at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA – The Early Years: Part 1 (1961-1970)

 Elizabeth J. Thompson, RN, BSN, MBA

Introduction to the Lancaster County Almshouse

 Thomas R. Ryan

The History of the Intensive Care Unit and Nursing at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA – The Early Years: Part 2 (The 1970s)

 Elizabeth J. Thompson, RN, BSN, MBA

The Creation of the Almshouse: Institutions as Solutions to the Problem of Poverty

 Monique Bourque, Ph.D.

General Hospital in Sixth Month of Program; Open 24 Hours Daily

 Joanna Grimes

The Development of the Charitable Landscape: The Construction of the Lancaster County Almshouse in Regional Context

 Dr. Bernard L. Herman, Ph.D.

The Architecture of Emergent Care in the First Half of the 20th Century: A Case Study on Lancaster General Hospital

 Melissa Band and Eli Schneck

The Two Hundred Year History of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital

 Page Talbott, Ph.D.

New Emergency Department Opens at LGH

The Lancaster County Hospital

 Joseph Eckenrode, M.D. - Chapter 13 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

Lancaster Emergency Associates celebrates 50 years (Photo gallery)

A Historical Overview of The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital

 Kendall Seigworth

50 Years of Lancaster General Health Cardiology: Photo Album

The Idea and Development of a Watering Place: The Ephrata Hydropathic Institute

 Chapter VIII: 'The Ephrata Mountain Springs, Volume I: The Early Years, 1848 - 1881' by Clarence Spohn, as published by the Historical Society of Cocalico Valley in 2009.

48 Years of Experience in the Operating Room at Lancaster General Hospital

 Jean Bennetch Grover

The Ephrata Community Hospital: From Its Founding to 1961

 Robert U. Wissler, M.D.

A Historical Perspective of the Level II Trauma Center at Lancaster General Hospital

 Frederick B. Rogers, M.D., M.S., FACS and Frederick Beyer, M.D., FACS and Brian Gross, BS

Lancaster Health Center

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