The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: United States marine hospital

Collection:: Economics Books

The out-patient office went through vicissitudes of loca- tion during this time, but in September, 1925, was moved from the hospital where it had been from November 18, 1918, back to the Federal building, where newly renovated and equipped offices were ready for the purpose. UNITED STATES VETERANS’ HOSPITAL Pittsburgh may well point with pride to the new United States Veterans’ Hospital No. 103, Aspinwall, Pa. It is beau- tifully located at an elevation of nine hundred and forty feet, overlooking the Allegheny river as it winds its course to the Ohio. The advantage of this location is its pleasant isolation close to the city, yet removed from the beaten path. One feels somehow close to nature, which is a large factor in creat- ing contentment. There is a tranquillity, beauty and quiet communication in the surroundings of green fields, splendid trees with its bird and small animal life, its clear atmosphere and sunlight, that combines an environment which promotes healthful improvement. No other government has provided such splendid system of relief and institutional care for its war veterans. This Gov- ernment provides hospitals for the care of the tubercular, shell shock and mental, for general medical and surgical. In fact, institutions for the care of all classes of disabled ex-ser- vice men or women of all wars. The United States Veterans’ Hospital No. 103 at Aspin- wall, Pa., is maintained by the United States Veterans’ Bu- reau for the care and treatment of ex-service men suffering from tuberculosis. The hospital was formally dedicated on July 25, 1925, under the auspices of the American Legion, at which time General Frank T. Hines, Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, United States Senator David A. Reed, and many prominent men and women of Pittsburghand vicinity, were present. The hospital was opened for the re- ception of patients on October 16, 1925. The construction itself consists of numerous buildings, large and small, of brick, tile and concrete, fireproof, situated on a tract of one hundred and forty-seven acres, composed of a main building, officers’ quarters, nurses’ home, attendants’

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