Title: The hospitals
First published: 1980
Description: Traces the history of hospitals in the United States from the early pesthouses built to isolate the diseased from the rest of the population to the development of steadily improving institutions for the treatment of the sick during the 19th century.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Hospitals, History
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: RA981.A2 F57