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Architect Gridley James Fox Bryant designed the first hospital, built 1861–1864 on Harrison Avenue in the South End. It was renovated in 1875 and again in 1891–1892. [3]
- The Decision
- Why?
- Why Busm?
- The Present
- The Future
- Conclusions
On February 28, 1973, the Board of Trustees of the Department of Health and Hospitals of the City of Boston decided, after months of negotiation, to vest with the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) the responsibility for professional staffing of the Boston City Hospital (BCH). Most agree that the Board's action was probably more important ...
It is possible to question the wisdom of the Board's decision, to dismiss the subsequent prophecies of impending doom as sour grapes, the defections as a natural response to uncertainty, and to attribute the chaos to poor communication. It is not possible, however, to evade the lingering question of what it was that prompted the Board to act so dec...
Some expressed surprise that BUSM was given this responsibility. For all of its 109 years, the public has largely and appropriately identified the BCH with Harvard Medical School. The past century of medical progress at the BCH must be considered one of the proudest achievements of that school. The affiliation of Tufts University School of Medicine...
The recent matching of interns yielded for the BCH its usual outstanding roster of house officers. Most of the professional staff of the three schools, including the house officers, have elected to stay, and medical students from all three schools will be taking clerkships and electives at the BCH during the coming academic year. The opening of the...
Now that the fates of the BUSM and the BCH are so closely linked, plans are being implemented that were heretofore hazardous even to contemplate.
The Boston City Hospital, responding to economic pressures, has undergone a major reorganization and has invited the Boston University School of Medicine to help it face the challenges of an uncertain future. The Boston University School of Medicine is proud of this vote of confidence, aware of its responsibility to protect this national educationa...
Boston City Hospital: History. Scope and Contents note. From the Record Group: This collection documents the history of the Boston Public Health Commission, which was formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals and Boston University Medical Center.
The webpage provides a history of the Boston City Hospital from its foundation until 1904.
This collection documents the history of the Boston City Hospital from 1864-1996. Parts of this collection were originally in the custody of the Boston City Hospital Library.
As has been stated, during 1865, the first full year of operation, 1066 patients were treated. During 1933 the hospital cared for 43,064 patients — equal to nearly one half the present ...
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The present volume records in detail the story of the Boston City Hospital. Founded in 1864, the hospital had celebrated its 50th birthday with a historical account published in 1906, while this new volume stresses particularly the last half century.
