Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital

Picture of the hospital, c. 1916

Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital was a homeopathic institution in Boston, Massachusetts, at which the first successful kidney removal in New England was performed.[1] Established by an act of the Massachusetts legislature in 1855, the hospital opened its doors in 1871 at a site in Jamaica Plain. In 1874 it moved into a newly built facility in the South End of Boston. Over the next 30 years, its facilities in that area were expanded, and in 1908 it opened a satellite facility in Brighton for the treatment of contagious diseases.[2] The hospital eventually abandoned homeopathic practices, and in 1929 was renamed the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital to better conform to modern nomenclature.[3]

In 1962 Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals merged with the Boston University Medical Center, now part of Boston Medical Center, in order "to provide and maintain better health in contemporary society."[4] The hospital's main building survives, and is known as the Talbot Building; it now houses the Boston University School of Public Health.

References

1. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society. Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society. 1906. p. 106. He was one of the surgeons of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital, and in that institution performed his first great operation, which was the first successful removal of the kidney ever made in New England.
2. "Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital". The Modern Hospital. Vol. 7. 1916. p. 4.
3. "Boston Hospital Name is Changed". 9. No. 174. Globe Newspapers Co. The Boston Daily Globe. December 21, 1929. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
4. Fripp, William (July 2, 1962). "Mass. Memorial B.U. Set Up New Medical Center". No. 182. Globe Newspapers Co. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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