Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
New England Hospital for Women and Children records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00339
Abstract
Women's hospital. This hospital was, for more than a century, a teaching hospital for women doctors and a place where women could receive treatment from them. It was the first hospital in Boston to offer obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics all in one facility. Material includes memoranda, written histories, photographs and scrapbooks. Also documented are such topics as a 1915 controversy over abortion, using chloroform as an anesthetic, and African American interns. The collection...
Dates of Materials:
1792 - 1994
