Mount Auburn Hospital
| Mount Auburn Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Caregroup Healthcare System | |
 Main Entrance from Mount Auburn Street | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°WCoordinates: 42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°W |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Harvard Medical School |
| Services | |
| Beds |
213 Occupancy Rate = 76% |
| History | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.mountauburnhospital.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Mount Auburn Hospital is a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.[1] Originally founded by Civil War nurse and administrator Emily Elizabeth Parsons as the first hospital in Cambridge in 1866, [2] it was reopened in 1886 and until 1947 was known as Cambridge Hospital.[3]
Mount Auburn Hospital's first building, the Parsons Building, built 1886
Notable births
- Bill Everett, comic-book artist, creator of the Sub-Mariner[4]
- Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. His father, HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Songkla, was attending Harvard as a public health student at the time.
- Steven Wright, award-winning comedian
Notable deaths
- Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987)
Radiology Department
The Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.
References
- ↑ "About Us". Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.cambridgehistory.org/content/founding-mount-auburn-hospital www.cambridgehistory.org]
- ↑ "A Legacy of Excellence - A History OF Mount Auburn Hospital" (PDF). Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ↑ Bell Blake (2010). Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics. Fantagraphics Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-60699-166-4.
External links
- Mount Auburn Hospital
- Mount Auburn Hospital on YouTube
- Mount Auburn Hospital Facebook Page
- Mount Auburn Hospital Health Connection
- The Midwives at Mount Auburn Hospital
- Department of Radiology at Mount Auburn Hospital
- Radiology Residency at Mount Auburn Hospital
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